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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.87
এই হরি-ভট্ট, এই শ্রীনৃসিংহানন্দ ।
এই বাসুদেব দত্ত, এই শিবানন্দ ॥ ৮৭ ॥
ei hari-bhaṭṭa, ei śrī-nṛsiṁhānanda
ei vāsudeva datta, ei śivānanda
“Here is Hari Bhaṭṭa, and there is Nṛsiṁhānanda. Here are Vāsudeva Datta and Śivānanda Sena.
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Hari Bhaṭṭa is pointed out as being here.
Nṛsiṁhānanda is identified as being there.
Vāsudeva Datta and Śivānanda Sena are also introduced.
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:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu talked very happily with Vāsudeva Datta and other devotees. Haridāsa Ṭhākura also came, and due to his humble and submissive attitude, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu gave him a nice solitary place near the temple.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 11
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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: “hari”
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