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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.157
প্রেমানন্দে নাচে, গায়, সঘন হুঙ্কার ।
প্রভুর প্রেমাবেশ দেখি’ লোকে চমৎকার ॥ ১৫৭ ॥
premānande nāce, gāya, saghana huṅkāra
prabhura premāveśa dekhi’ loke camatkāra
When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu chanted, danced and made loud vibrations, all the people were astonished to see His ecstatic love.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu chanted and danced.
He also made loud vibrations as He expressed His ecstatic love.
All the people were astonished to see His ecstatic love.
Wonder and contagious joy. Even forest animals chant; nature seems drawn into the saṅkīrtana movement.
The mood of Madhya 17 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:
Thereafter the Lord visited the twelve forests of Vṛndāvana and was filled with great ecstatic love. As He toured the Vṛndāvana forests, He heard the chirping of parrots and other birds.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 17
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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: “ecstatic love”
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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What draws your attention in this description of chanting and dancing?
Spend a moment reflecting on the ecstatic love expressed in His chanting and dancing.
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