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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.159
দুঁহে প্রেমে নৃত্য করি’ করে কোলাকুলি ।
হরি কৃষ্ণ কহ দুঁহে বলে বাহু তুলি’ ॥ ১৫৯ ॥
duṅhe preme nṛtya kari’ kare kolākuli
hari kṛṣṇa kaha duṅhe bale bāhu tuli’
The two of them danced in ecstatic love and embraced each other. Raising their arms, they said, “Chant the holy names of Hari and Kṛṣṇa!”
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The two of them danced in ecstatic love.
They embraced each other and raised their arms.
They called out, “Chant the holy names of Hari and Kṛṣṇa!”
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:
The Maharashtriyan brāhmaṇa was very sorry about this, and he brought the news to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, inquiring from Him why the Māyāvādī sannyāsīs did not utter the holy name of Kṛṣṇa. In reply, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said that they were offenders and that one should not associate with them.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.
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”, “names of”, “hari”
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “embraced”
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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can you respond today to this invitation to chant?
Take one minute to chant the holy names of Hari and Kṛṣṇa.
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