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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.140
মহা-উচ্চসংকীর্তনে আকাশ ভরিল ।
প্রভুর উদ্দণ্ড-নৃত্যে ভূমিকম্প হৈল ॥ ১৪০ ॥
mahā-ucca-saṅkīrtane ākāśa bharila
prabhura uddaṇḍa-nṛtye bhūmi-kampa haila
The sky was filled with the great and loud chanting of saṅkīrtana, and the earth shook from the jumping and dancing of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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The chanting of saṅkīrtana was great and loud.
The sound of that chanting filled the sky.
The earth shook from the jumping and dancing of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Purification through joyful service. Collective cleansing becomes a visible devotional act before Ratha-yātrā.
The mood of Madhya 12 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 took great pleasure when He saw the Jagannātha Deity after the period of the Deity’s retirement. At that time Lord Caitanya was accompanied by all the devotees, and all of them were very pleased.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 12
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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: “saṅkīrtana”, “chanting”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What impression do the sky-filling chanting and earth-shaking dancing leave on you?
Chant aloud for a few minutes today, recalling the great sound of saṅkīrtana described here.
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