Madhya-līlāChapter 25: How All the Residents of Vārāṇasī Became Vaiṣṇavas

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 25.165

saba kāśī-vāsī kare nāma-sańkīrtana

preme hāse, kāńde, gāya, karaye nartana

SYNONYMS

saba kāśī-vāsī — all the inhabitants of Kāśī (Vārāṇasī); kare — performed; nāma-sańkīrtana — chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra; premein ecstatic love of Godhead; hāse — they laughed; kāńde — they cried; gāya — chanted; karaye nartana — and danced.

TRANSLATION

All the inhabitants of Kāśī [Vārāṇasī] began chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra in ecstatic love. Sometimes they laughed, sometimes they cried, sometimes they chanted, and sometimes they danced.

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