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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.49
বৈষ্ণবের মেঘ-ঘটায় হইল বাদল ।
কীর্তনানন্দে সব বর্ষে নেত্র-জল ॥ ৪৯ ॥
vaiṣṇavera megha-ghaṭāya ha-ila bādala
kīrtanānande saba varṣe netra-jala
All the Vaiṣṇavas came together like an assembly of clouds. As the devotees chanted the holy names in great ecstasy, tears fell from their eyes like rain.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
All the Vaiṣṇavas came together like an assembly of clouds.
The devotees chanted the holy names in great ecstasy.
Tears fell from their eyes like rain, expressing their joy in chanting.
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:
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.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: “together”
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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What strikes you about this picture of devotees chanting together?
Chant the holy names today while remembering the devotees gathered together.
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