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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 2.11
প্রভুরে দেখিয়া যায় ‘বৈষ্ণব’ হঞা ।
কৃষ্ণ বলি’ নাচে সব প্রেমাবিষ্ট হঞা ॥ ১১ ॥
prabhure dekhiyā yāya ‘vaiṣṇava’ hañā
kṛṣṇa bali’ nāce saba premāviṣṭa hañā
Having seen the Lord, they all became Vaiṣṇavas. Thus in ecstatic love of Godhead they chanted the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra and danced.
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Having seen the Lord, all the visitors became Vaiṣṇavas.
They chanted the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra in ecstatic love of Godhead.
They also danced, expressing the love awakened by seeing the Lord.
Sorrow and uncompromising discipline. Junior Haridāsa’s exclusion and death present an ethically painful episode.
The mood of Antya 2 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī, the author of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, wanted to explain direct meetings with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, meetings with those empowered by Him, and His āvirbhāva appearance. Thus he described the glories of Nṛsiṁhānanda and other devotees.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 2
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love of godhead”, “ecstatic love”
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “chanted”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the visitors’ response show you about the connection between devotion and chanting?
Spend a few quiet minutes chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra with attention.
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