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  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 13: The Ecstatic Dancing of the Lord at Ratha-yātrā
Madhya 13.38Madhya 13.40

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.39

গঙ্গাদাস, হরিদাস, শ্রীমান্, শুভানন্দ ।

শ্রীরাম পণ্ডিত, তাহাঁ নাচে নিত্যানন্দ ॥ ৩৯ ॥

gaṅgādāsa, haridāsa, śrīmān, śubhānanda

śrī-rāma paṇḍita, tāhāṅ nāce nityānanda

Translation

The five singers who responded to the singing of Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura were Gaṅgādāsa, Haridāsa, Śrīmān, Śubhānanda and Śrī Rāma Paṇḍita. Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu was appointed as a dancer.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura’s group includes responders and dancing

  1. 1

    Five singers responded to the singing of Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura.

  2. 2

    They were Gaṅgādāsa, Haridāsa, Śrīmān, Śubhānanda and Śrī Rāma Paṇḍita.

  3. 3

    Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu was appointed as a dancer.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Madhya 13: The Ecstatic Dancing of the Lord at Ratha-yātrā

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

At that time, King Pratāparudra took a broom with a golden handle and began to cleanse the road. Lord Jagannātha took permission from the goddess of fortune and then started in the car for the Guṇḍicā temple.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. gaṅgādāsaGaṅgādāsa
  2. haridāsaHaridāsa
  3. śrīmānŚrīmān
  4. śubhānandaŚubhānanda
  5. śrī-rāma paṇḍitaŚrī Rāma Paṇḍita
  6. tāhāṅthere
  7. nācedances
  8. nityānandaLord Nityānanda
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Key ideas in this verse

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: “haridāsa”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What helps you appreciate the responders and dancer alongside the chief singer?

Practice

Read this translation slowly today, pausing to notice the chief singer, the five responders and the dancer.

Live this todayŚrīvāsa Ṭhākura’s group includes responders and dancingThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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