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CC Madhya 11.96

Bengali

ঐছে প্রেম, ঐছে নৃত্য, ঐছে হরিধ্বনি ।
কাহাঁ নাহি দেখি, ঐছে কাহাঁ নাহি শুনি ॥ ৯৬ ॥

Text

aiche prema, aiche nṛtya, aiche hari-dhvani
kāhāṅ nāhi dekhi, aiche kāhāṅ nāhi śuni

Synonyms

aiche — such; prema — ecstatic love; aiche nṛtya — such dancing; aiche hari-dhvani — such vibration of the chanting of the holy name; kāhāṅ — anywhere; nāhi dekhi — I have never seen; aiche — such; kāhāṅ — anywhere; nāhi śuni — I never heard.

Translation

“I have never before seen such ecstatic love, nor heard the vibration of the holy name of the Lord chanted in such a way, nor seen such dancing during saṅkīrtana.”

Purport

Because the temple of Lord Jagannātha is situated at Jagannātha Purī, many devotees from all parts of the world came to perform saṅkīrtana in glorification of the Lord. All these devotees were certainly seen and heard by Mahārāja Pratāparudra, but he herein admits that the kīrtana performed by the associates of the Lord was unique. He had never before heard such saṅkīrtana nor seen such attractive features manifest by the devotees. The members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness should go to India during the birthday ceremony of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Māyāpur and perform saṅkīrtana congregationally. This will attract the attention of all the important personalities in India, just as the beauty, bodily luster and saṅkīrtana performance by the associates of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu attracted the attention of Mahārāja Pratāparudra. The associates of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu were unlimited during the Lord’s presence on this planet, but anyone who is pure in life and devoted to the mission of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is to be understood as a nitya-siddha associate of the Lord.