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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.34
তবে মহাপ্রভু মনে বিচার করিয়া ।
চারি সম্প্রদায় দিল গায়ন বাঁটিয়া ॥ ৩৪ ॥
tabe mahāprabhu mane vicāra kariyā
cāri sampradāya dila gāyana bāṅṭiyā
When the four parties were formed, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, after some consideration, divided the chanters.
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The four parties were formed.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu gave the arrangement some consideration.
He then divided the chanters among the parties.
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:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu divided His saṅkīrtana party into seven divisions. With two mṛdaṅgas in each division, there were altogether fourteen mṛdaṅgas.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: “chanters”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What can you learn from the consideration given before arranging the chanters?
Before taking part in group chanting today, pause to consider how you can fit into the arrangement.
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