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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.73
ভক্তগণে লঞা তবে চলিলাঙ রঙ্গে ।
লক্ষকোটি লোক তাহাঁ হৈল আমা-সঙ্গে ॥ ৭৩ ॥
bhakta-gaṇe lañā tabe calilāṅa raṅge
lakṣa-koṭi loka tāhāṅ haila āmā-saṅge
“However, when I started for Vṛndāvana, many thousands and millions of people gathered and began to go with Me.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu started for Vṛndāvana.
Many thousands and millions of people gathered.
The people began to go with Him on His journey.
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:
Early in the morning before sunrise, the Lord started for the town of Kaṭaka (Cuttack). 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.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.
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “vṛndāvana”
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “gathered”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to you about so many people gathering to accompany Him?
Read the translation slowly once, noticing how many people wanted to go with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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