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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 11: The Beḍā-kīrtana Pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
Madhya 11.220Madhya 11.222

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.221

আগে-পাছে গান করে চারি সম্প্রদায় ।

আছাড়ের কালে ধরে নিত্যানন্দ রায় ॥ ২২১ ॥

āge-pāche gāna kare cāri sampradāya

āchāḍera kāle dhare nityānanda rāya

Translation

As the circumambulation was performed, the four kīrtana parties sang in front and in the rear. When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu fell down to the ground, Śrī Nityānanda Rāya Prabhu lifted Him up.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kīrtana and Caring Support

  1. 1

    During the circumambulation, four kīrtana parties sang.

  2. 2

    The parties sang both in front and in the rear.

  3. 3

    When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu fell to the ground, Śrī Nityānanda Rāya Prabhu lifted Him up.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Madhya 11: The Beḍā-kīrtana Pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. āge-pāchein front and in the rear
  2. gānasinging
  3. karedo
  4. cārifour
  5. sampradāyagroups
  6. āchāḍeraof falling down
  7. kāleat the time
  8. dharecaptures
  9. nityānanda rāyaLord Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu
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Key ideas in this verse

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: “kīrtana”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can you be attentive to someone who needs support during kīrtana?

Practice

Today, offer a small act of physical help to someone who needs it.

Live this todayKīrtana and Caring SupportThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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