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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.32
সেই জল-বিন্দু-কণা লাগে যার গায় ।
সেই ‘কৃষ্ণ’ ‘কৃষ্ণ’ কহে, প্রেমে নাচে, গায় ॥ ৩২ ॥
sei jala-bindu-kaṇā lāge yāra gāya
sei ‘kṛṣṇa’ ‘kṛṣṇa’ kahe, preme nāce, gāya
The elephants whose bodies were touched by the water splashed by the Lord began to chant “Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa!” and dance and sing in ecstasy.
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The water splashed by the Lord touched the elephants’ bodies.
Those elephants began to chant “Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa!”
They danced and sang in ecstasy.
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:
North of Kaṭaka, He penetrated a dense forest and came upon many tigers and elephants, whom He engaged in chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. Whenever the Lord had a chance to visit a village, Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya would beg alms and acquire some rice and vegetables.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 17
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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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the elephants’ chanting draw your attention to Kṛṣṇa’s holy name?
Spend a minute chanting “Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa!” while remembering the elephants’ joyful response.
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