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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.12
সেই বনে কতক্ষণ করি’ নৃত্য-গান ।
গোদাবরী পার হঞা তাহাঁ কৈল স্নান ॥ ১২ ॥
sei vane kata-kṣaṇa kari’ nṛtya-gāna
godāvarī pāra hañā tāhāṅ kaila snāna
After performing His usual chanting and dancing for some time in this forest, the Lord crossed the river and took His bath on the other bank.
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The Lord performed His usual chanting and dancing in the forest.
He continued chanting and dancing there for some time.
Afterward, He crossed the river and bathed on the other bank.
Deepening intimacy and revelation. Their exchange ascends from duty to pure love and the confidential moods of Vraja.
The mood of Madhya 8 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:
When Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya went there to take his bath, they met. After introducing himself, Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya requested Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to remain in the village for some days.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 8
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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: “chanting”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the description of chanting and dancing as the Lord’s usual activity invite you to reflect on?
Set aside a brief time today for chanting and dancing.
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