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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.42
গোবিন্দ-ঘোষ — প্রধান কৈল আর সম্প্রদায় ।
হরিদাস, বিষ্ণুদাস, রাঘব, যাহাঁ গায় ॥ ৪২ ॥
govinda-ghoṣa — pradhāna kaila āra sampradāya
haridāsa, viṣṇudāsa, rāghava, yāhāṅ gāya
The Lord formed another group, appointing Govinda Ghoṣa as leader. In this group the younger Haridāsa, Viṣṇudāsa and Rāghava were the responding singers.
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The Lord formed another group.
He appointed Govinda Ghoṣa as its leader.
The younger Haridāsa, Viṣṇudāsa and Rāghava were the responding singers.
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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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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does noticing the responding singers help you appreciate the whole group?
Read the verse today and name the leader and the three responding singers.
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