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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.235
মহানৃত্য, মহাপ্রেম, মহাসংকীর্তন ।
দেখি’ প্রেমাবেশে ভাসে নীলাচল-জন ॥ ২৩৫ ॥
mahā-nṛtya, mahā-prema, mahā-saṅkīrtana
dekhi’ premāveśe bhāse nīlācala-jana
Upon seeing the great dancing, great love and great saṅkīrtana, all the people of Jagannātha Purī floated in an ecstatic ocean of love.
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The people of Jagannātha Purī witnessed great dancing.
They also saw great love and great saṅkīrtana.
Upon seeing this, all the people floated in an ecstatic ocean of love.
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.
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: “love”
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.
What does the image of an “ecstatic ocean of love” convey to you?
Take a moment today to listen attentively to saṅkīrtana, remembering the love described here.
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