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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.44
কুলীন-গ্রামের এক কীর্তনীয়া-সমাজ ।
তাহাঁ নৃত্য করেন রামানন্দ, সত্যরাজ ॥ ৪৪ ॥
kulīna-grāmera eka kīrtanīyā-samāja
tāhāṅ nṛtya karena rāmānanda, satyarāja
There was a saṅkīrtana party from the village known as Kulīna-grāma, and Rāmānanda and Satyarāja were appointed the dancers in this group.
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A saṅkīrtana party came from the village known as Kulīna-grāma.
Rāmānanda was appointed as a dancer in this group.
Satyarāja was also appointed as a dancer in the same group.
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.
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “party”
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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What helps you remember this village’s party and its two dancers?
Write down Kulīna-grāma and, beneath it, the names of its two dancers.
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