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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.59
‘জয় গৌরচন্দ্র’, ‘জয় শ্রীকৃষ্ণচৈতন্য’ ।
এইমত কোলাহল লোকে ধন্য ধন্য ॥ ৫৯ ॥
‘jaya gauracandra’, ‘jaya śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya’
ei-mata kolāhala loke dhanya dhanya
The crowd made a tumultuous vibration, chanting “Jaya Gauracandra! Jaya Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya!” Then the people began to chant, “Wonderful! Wonderful!”
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The crowd’s chanting made a tumultuous vibration.
They chanted, “Jaya Gauracandra! Jaya Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya!”
The people then expressed their amazement by chanting, “Wonderful! Wonderful!”
Intimacy and ecstatic play. Mercy to Pratāparudra and discussion of the gopīs reveal deep relational sweetness.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
The Lord, in His ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa, immediately embraced the King and thus bestowed mercy upon him. When there was an offering of prasādam in the garden, Lord Caitanya also partook of it.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 14
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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: “chanting”
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How does the crowd’s chanting express its wonder?
Chant, “Jaya Gauracandra! Jaya Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya!” with attention today.
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