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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.190
ঠেলিতেই চলিল রথ ‘হড়’ ‘হড়’ করি’ ।
চতুর্দিকে লোক সব বলে ‘হরি’ ‘হরি’ ॥ ১৯০ ॥
ṭhelitei calila ratha ‘haḍa’ ‘haḍa’ kari’
catur-dike loka saba bale ‘hari’ ‘hari’
As soon as He pushed, the car immediately started to move, making a rattling noise. The people all around began to chant the holy name of the Lord, “Hari! Hari!”
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As soon as He pushed, the car immediately began to move.
The moving car made a rattling noise.
The people all around began chanting the holy name of the Lord: “Hari! Hari!”
Public ecstasy with inward longing. The festival’s collective joy carries the profound Vraja mood of meeting and separation.
The mood of Madhya 13 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:
Lord Jagannātha took permission from the goddess of fortune and then started in the car for the Guṇḍicā temple. The road to the temple led along a broad, sandy beach, and on both sides of the road were residential quarters, houses and gardens.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 13
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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: “chant”, “holy name”, “hari”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I join in the chanting described here?
Take a quiet moment today to chant the Lord’s holy name, “Hari! Hari!”
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