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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.102
ভক্ত সব নাচাঞা নিত্যানন্দ-রায় ।
শেষে নৃত্য করে প্রেমে জগৎ ভাসায় ॥ ১০২ ॥
bhakta saba nācāñā nityānanda-rāya
śeṣe nṛtya kare preme jagat bhāsāya
Lord Nityānanda Prabhu first influenced all the devotees to dance, and finally He Himself began dancing, thus inundating the entire world in ecstatic love.
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Lord Nityānanda Prabhu first influenced all the devotees to dance.
Finally, He Himself began dancing.
His dancing inundated the entire world in ecstatic love.
Longing fulfilled. Raghunātha’s sustained desire for the Lord culminates in arrival, shelter, and renunciation.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went into transcendental fits of ecstatic love, Rāmānanda Rāya and Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī attended to Him and satisfied Him as He desired. Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī had been attempting to come to the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu for a long time, and finally he left his home and met the Lord.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 6
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In this verse: “ecstatic love”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to you about Lord Nityānanda encouraging the devotees before dancing Himself?
While chanting the holy name today, spend a moment gently dancing in remembrance of this scene.
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