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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.71
এইমত কীর্তন প্রভু করিল কতক্ষণ ।
আপন-উদ্যোগে নাচাইল ভক্তগণ ॥ ৭১ ॥
ei-mata kīrtana prabhu karila kata-kṣaṇa
āpana-udyoge nācāila bhakta-gaṇa
The Lord performed kīrtana for some time and, through His own endeavor, inspired all the devotees to dance.
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The Lord performed kīrtana for some time.
He personally endeavored to inspire the devotees.
Through His own endeavor, He inspired all the devotees to dance.
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
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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: “kīrtana”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the Lord’s personal endeavor to inspire every devotee mean to you?
Spend a little time today singing in kīrtana, remembering the Lord’s effort to inspire His devotees.
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