CC Madhya 25.165

Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā, Chapter 25: How All the Residents of Vārāṇasī Became Vaiṣṇavas

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CC Madhya 25.166

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 165

saba kāśī-vāsī kare nāma-saṅkīrtana
preme hāse, kāṅde, gāya, karaye nartana

SYNONYMS

saba kāśī-vāsī—all the inhabitants of Kāśī (Vārāṇasī); kare—performed; nāma-saṅkīrtana—chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra; preme—in ecstatic love of Godhead; hāse—they laughed; kāṅde—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.