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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.126
সবে মিলি’ যুক্তি করি’ কীর্তন আরম্ভিল ।
কীর্তন-আবেশে প্রভুর মন স্থির হৈল ॥ ১২৬ ॥
sabe mili’ yukti kari’ kīrtana ārambhila
kīrtana-āveśe prabhura mana sthira haila
After due consideration, all the devotees began chanting the holy name congregationally. Lord Caitanya’s mind was thus pacified by the ecstasy of the chanting.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
After due consideration, the devotees chanted the holy name congregationally. The ecstasy of their chanting pacified Lord Caitanya’s mind.
Lord Jagannātha’s person, form, picture and kīrtana are all identical, for He is absolute in all circumstances.
Whenever pure devotees perform kīrtana, the Lord is immediately present. By chanting His holy names, we associate with Him personally.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Anticipation and hidden longing. The author previews later pastimes, including the inner Vraja mood expressed at Ratha-yātrā.
The mood of Madhya 1 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:
There is also a description of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s ecstasy that occurred when He recited the verse beginning yaḥ kaumāra-haraḥ, as well as a description of how that ecstasy was explained in the verse beginning priyaḥ so ’yaṁ kṛṣṇaḥ, by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī. Because he wrote that verse, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī was specifically blessed by the Lord.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 1
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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: “chanting”, “holy name”, “congregationally”
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “associate”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might remembering the Lord’s presence change the way I chant His holy names?
Chant the holy names today with attention, remembering that chanting is personal association with the Lord.
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