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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 3.13
গোপ-বালক সব প্রভুকে দেখিয়া ।
‘হরি’ ‘হরি’ বলি’ ডাকে উচ্চ করিয়া ॥ ১৩ ॥
gopa-bālaka saba prabhuke dekhiyā
‘hari’ ‘hari’ bali’ ḍāke ucca kariyā
All the cowherd boys who saw Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu passing joined with Him and began to shout loudly, “Hari! Hari!”
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The cowherd boys saw Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu passing.
All the boys who saw Him joined with Him.
They began to shout loudly, “Hari! Hari!”
Reunion and heartbreaking parting. After sannyāsa, mother Śacī and the devotees reunite with Him before consenting to separation.
The mood of Madhya 3 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:
After accepting the sannyāsa order at Katwa, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu traveled continuously for three days in Rāḍha-deśa and, by the trick of Nityānanda Prabhu, eventually came to the western side of Śāntipura. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was induced to believe that the river Ganges was the Yamunā.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 3
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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: “hari”
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: “cowherd”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What inspires you about the boys joining Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in chanting?
Chant “Hari! Hari!” aloud today.
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