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How to study this verse, in six steps
  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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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.245

পূর্ববৎ কৈল প্রভু লঞা ভক্তগণ ।

পরম আনন্দে করেন নর্তন-কীর্তন ॥ ২৪৫ ॥

pūrvavat kaila prabhu lañā bhakta-gaṇa

parama ānande karena nartana-kīrtana

Translation

As previously, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His devotees chanted and danced with great pleasure.

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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.

Chanting and Dancing with Great Pleasure

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu chanted and danced.

  2. 2

    His devotees joined Him in chanting and dancing.

  3. 3

    As previously, they did so with great pleasure.

How it feels

Intimacy and ecstatic play. Mercy to Pratāparudra and discussion of the gopīs reveal deep relational sweetness.

The mood of Madhya 14 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 14: Performance of the Vṛndāvana Pastimes

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

During that time, there was much talk about the pastimes of the gopīs. When the ratha was again being drawn and the chanting resumed, two devotees from Kulīna-grāma — Rāmānanda Vasu and Satyarāja Khān — were requested to bring silk ropes every year for the Ratha-yātrā ceremony.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. pūrva-vatas previously
  2. kailadid
  3. prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  4. lañātaking
  5. bhakta-gaṇaall the devotees
  6. parama ānandein great pleasure
  7. karenaperforms
  8. nartana-kīrtanachanting and dancing
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Key ideas in this verse

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: “chanted”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does this verse help you notice about the joy of chanting together?

Practice

Set aside a brief moment today to chant, remembering the pleasure described in this verse.

Live this todayChanting and Dancing with Great PleasureThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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