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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.120
প্রভুর দরশনে সবে হৈল প্রেমময় ।
‘কৃষ্ণ’ ‘কৃষ্ণ’ কহে, নেত্র অশ্রু বরিষয় ॥ ১২০ ॥
prabhura daraśane sabe haila premamaya
‘kṛṣṇa’ ‘kṛṣṇa’ kahe, netra aśru variṣaya
Upon seeing the Lord, they all felt themselves overwhelmed with love of Godhead, and, tears pouring from their eyes, they began to chant the holy name, “Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa!”
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Upon seeing the Lord, all the ladies felt overwhelmed with love of Godhead.
Tears poured from their eyes.
They began chanting the holy name, “Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa!”
Yearning and deferral. Attempts, delays, meetings, and farewells heighten the desire to reach Vraja.
The mood of Madhya 16 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:
When the devotees bade farewell to the Lord, the Lord was determined to go to Vṛndāvana, and on the day of Vijaya-daśamī, He departed. Mahārāja Pratāparudra made various arrangements for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s trip to Vṛndāvana.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
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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: “chant”, “holy name”, “chanting”
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love of godhead”
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What connection between love of Godhead and chanting do you notice here?
Spend a quiet minute chanting the holy name, “Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa!”
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