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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.50
ত্রিভুবন ভরি’ উঠে কীর্তনের ধ্বনি ।
অন্য বাদ্যাদির ধ্বনি কিছুই না শুনি ॥ ৫০ ॥
tri-bhuvana bhari’ uṭhe kīrtanera dhvani
anya vādyādira dhvani kichui nā śuni
When the saṅkīrtana resounded, it filled the three worlds. Indeed, no one could hear any sounds or musical instruments other than the saṅkīrtana.
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The saṅkīrtana resounded throughout the three worlds.
Its sound filled everything described in the scene.
No one could hear any other sounds or musical instruments.
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:
After bathing early in the morning, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw the deities (Jagannātha, Baladeva and Subhadrā) get aboard their three cars. This function is called Pāṇḍu-vijaya.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.
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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What would it be like to give your full attention to the sound of saṅkīrtana?
Spend a few minutes listening to saṅkīrtana without other sounds competing for your attention.
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