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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 13.45Madhya 13.47

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.46

খণ্ডের সম্প্রদায় করে অন্যত্র কীর্তন ।

নরহরি নাচে তাহাঁ শ্রীরঘুনন্দন ॥ ৪৬ ॥

khaṇḍera sampradāya kare anyatra kīrtana

narahari nāce tāhāṅ śrī-raghunandana

Translation

Another party was formed by the people of Khaṇḍa. These people were singing in a different place. In that group, Narahari Prabhu and Raghunandana were dancing.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Khaṇḍa’s People Join in Singing and Dancing

  1. 1

    The people of Khaṇḍa formed another party.

  2. 2

    They were singing in a different place.

  3. 3

    Narahari Prabhu and Raghunandana were dancing in this group.

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. khaṇḍeraof the place named Khaṇḍa
  2. sampradāyaparty
  3. kareperforms
  4. anyatrain a different place
  5. kīrtanachanting
  6. narahariNarahari
  7. nācedances
  8. tāhāṅthere
  9. śrī-raghunandanaRaghunandana
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Key ideas in this verse

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”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What do you notice about how singing and dancing appear together in this party?

Practice

Read the verse slowly today, noting where the party came from and who danced.

Live this todayKhaṇḍa’s People Join in Singing and DancingThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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