1 · Learn4 of 6 · 5 min
Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.47
জগন্নাথের আগে চারি সম্প্রদায় গায় ।
দুই পাশে দুই, পাছে এক সম্প্রদায় ॥ ৪৭ ॥
jagannāthera āge cāri sampradāya gāya
dui pāśe dui, pāche eka sampradāya
Four parties chanted and danced in front of Lord Jagannātha, and on either side was another party. Yet another was at the rear.
Read this verse on Vedabase.ioThis verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.
Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Four parties chanted and danced in front of Lord Jagannātha.
There was another party on either side.
Yet another party was at the rear.
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
Learn the words of the 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”
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: “chanted”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does picturing the parties’ positions help you attend to this scene?
Sketch the arrangement today: four parties in front of Lord Jagannātha, one on each side and one at the rear.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
Ask Caitanya CaritamrtaHave a question about CC Madhya 13.47? Get an answer from the verses themselves.