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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.2
জয় জয় গৌরচন্দ্র জয় নিত্যানন্দ ।
জয়াদ্বৈতচন্দ্র জয় গৌরভক্তবৃন্দ ॥ ২ ॥
jaya jaya gauracandra jaya nityānanda
jayādvaita-candra jaya gaura-bhakta-vṛnda
All glories to Gauracandra! All glories to Nityānanda! All glories to Advaitacandra! And all glories to all the devotees of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu!
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The verse offers all glories to Gauracandra.
It also offers all glories to Nityānanda and Advaitacandra.
This praise includes all the devotees of Lord Śrī 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:
Śrīla Nityānanda Prabhu and the other devotees informed the Lord about the King’s desire, but Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu would not agree to see him. At that time Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu devised a plan, and He sent a piece of the Lord’s outward garment to the King.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 12
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