Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 7.15.71

ekada deva-satre tu

gandharvapsarasam ganah

upahuta visva-srigbhir

hari-gathopagayane

SYNONYMS

ekada -- once upon a time; deva-satre -- in an assembly of the demigods; tu -- indeed; gandharva -- of the inhabitants of Gandharvaloka; apsarasam -- and the inhabitants of Apsaroloka; ganah -- all; upahutah -- were invited; visva-srigbhih -- by the great demigods known as the prajapatis; hari-gatha-upagayane -- on an occasion of kirtana for glorifying the Supreme Lord.

TRANSLATION

Once there was a sankirtana festival to glorify the Supreme Lord in an assembly of the demigods, and the Gandharvas and Apsaras were invited by the prajapatis to take part in it.

PURPORT

Sankirtana means chanting of the holy name of the Lord. The Hare Krishna movement is not a new movement as people sometimes mistakenly think. The Hare Krishna movement is present in every millennium of Lord Brahma's life, and the holy name is chanted in all the higher planetary systems, including Brahmaloka and Candraloka, not to speak of Gandharvaloka and Apsaroloka. The sankirtana movement that was started in this world five hundred years ago by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is therefore not a new movement. Sometimes, because of our bad luck, this movement is stopped, but Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His servants again start the movement for the benefit of the entire word or, indeed, the entire universe.

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