CC Madhya 25.165
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 25: How All the Residents of Vārāṇasī Became Vaiṣṇavas
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
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.