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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.215
চারিদিকে চারি সম্প্রদায় করেন কীর্তন ।
মধ্যে নৃত্য করে প্রভু শচীর নন্দন ॥ ২১৫ ॥
cāri-dike cāri sampradāya karena kīrtana
madhye nṛtya kare prabhu śacīra nandana
Four parties were then distributed in four directions to perform saṅkīrtana, and in the middle of them the Lord Himself, known as the son of mother Śacī, began to dance.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Four parties were arranged in four directions to perform saṅkīrtana.
The Lord Himself stood in the middle of the parties and began to dance.
The Lord is identified here as the son of mother Śacī.
Communal anticipation. Arriving devotees, kīrtana, and longing to meet the Lord converge.
The mood of Madhya 11 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:
After this, the Lord began performing saṅkīrtana, dividing all the devotees into four groups. After saṅkīrtana, all the devotees left for their residential quarters.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 11
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Audārya · Love that moves outward
The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “distributed”
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: “saṅkīrtana”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does picturing the Lord dancing amid the chanting parties affect your interest in saṅkīrtana?
Read the translation slowly and picture the four parties chanting with the Lord dancing in their midst.
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