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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.218
কীর্তন-আরম্ভে প্রেম উথলি’ চলিল ।
নীলাচলবাসী লোক ধাঞা আইল ॥ ২১৮ ॥
kīrtana-ārambhe prema uthali’ calila
nīlācala-vāsī loka dhāñā āila
When the congregational chanting began, ecstatic love immediately overflooded everything, and all the residents of Jagannātha Purī came running.
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The congregational chanting began.
Ecstatic love immediately overflooded everything.
All the residents of Jagannātha Purī came running.
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.
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”, “congregational”
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: “ecstatic love”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What moves you about the residents’ eagerness to come when the chanting began?
Take one concrete step today toward joining congregational chanting, such as arranging a time with someone.
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