Ādi 17.135

TEXT 135

TEXT

এত কহি' সন্ধ্যাকালে চলে গৌররায় ।
কীর্তনের কৈল প্রভু তিন সম্প্রদায় ॥১৩৫ ॥

eta kahi' sandhya-kale cale gauraraya

kirtanera kaila prabhu tina sampradaya

SYNONYMS

eta kahi'-saying this; sandhya-kale-in the evening; cale-went out; gaura-raya-Gaurasundara; kirtanera-of performing saṅkirtana; kaila-made; prabhu-the Lord; tina-three; sampradaya-parties.

TRANSLATION

In the evening Lord Gaurasundara went out and formed three parties to perform kirtana.

PURPORT

This is a scheme for performing kirtana in a procession. During Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's time, one party was composed of twenty-one men: four people playing mrdaṅgas, one leading the chanting, and sixteen others striking karatalas, responding to the leading chanter. If many men join the saṅkirtana movement, they may follow in the footsteps of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and form different parties according to the time and the number of men available.

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