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  "name":"Cc. Madhya 25.165",
  "h1":"Cc. Madhya 25.165",
  "label":"Text 165",
  "title":"Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 25.165",
  "description":"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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Cc. Madhya 25.165

Text

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.