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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.204
যত ভক্ত কীর্তনীয়া আসিয়া আরামে ।
প্রতিবৃক্ষতলে সবে করেন বিশ্রামে ॥ ২০৪ ॥
yata bhakta kīrtanīyā āsiyā ārāme
prati-vṛkṣa-tale sabe karena viśrāme
All the devotees who had been performing saṅkīrtana came there and took rest under each and every tree.
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The devotees had been performing saṅkīrtana.
All of them came to the garden.
They took rest under each and every tree.
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:
When the cars reached the place known as Balagaṇḍi, the devotees offered the deities simple food. At this time, in a nearby garden, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His devotees took a brief rest from the dancing.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: “saṅkīrtana”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do you notice about the devotees sharing both saṅkīrtana and rest?
Take a brief quiet rest today while recalling the devotees resting beneath the garden’s trees.
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