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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 13.79
গুজ্জরীরাগিণী লঞা সুমধুর-স্বরে ।
‘গীতগোবিন্দ’-পদ গায় জগমন হরে ॥ ৭৯ ॥
gujjarī-rāgiṇī lañā sumadhura-svare
‘gīta-govinda’-pada gāya jaga-mana hare
She sang a gujjarī tune in a very sweet voice, and because the subject was Jayadeva Gosvāmī’s Gīta-govinda, the song attracted the attention of the entire world.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The singer sang a gujjarī tune.
Her voice was very sweet.
Because the subject was Jayadeva Gosvāmī’s Gīta-govinda, the song attracted the attention of the entire world.
Concern and affectionate restraint. Devotees seek to care for the Lord while He maintains His renounced practice.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Unaware of who was singing, He ran toward her through thorny bushes, but when Govinda informed the Lord that it was a woman singing, He immediately stopped. By this incident, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu instructed everyone that sannyāsīs and Vaiṣṇavas should not hear women singing.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 13
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When I hear devotional singing, do I attend to its subject as well as its sound?
While listening to a devotional song today, pay attention to what its words describe.
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