Text 134]
Pastimes of the Lord in His Youth
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TRANSLATION
Understanding the anxiety within the people's minds, the Lord called them together and spoke to them as follows.
TEXT 133
নগরে নগরে আজি করিমু কীর্তন ।
সঙ্ক্যাকালে কর সতে নগর-মণ্ডন ॥ ১৩৩ ॥
nagare nagare āji karimu kīrtana
sandhyā-kāle kara sabhe nagara-maṇḍana
SYNONYMS
nagare —from town;  nagare —to town;  āji —today;  karimu —I shall perform;  kīrtana —chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa  mahā-mantra ;  sandhyā-kāle —in the evening;  kara —do;  sabhe —all;  nagara —of the city;  maṇḍana —decoration.
TRANSLATION
“In the evening I shall perform  saṅkīrtana  in each and every town. Therefore you should all decorate the city in the evening.
PURPORT
At that time, Navadvīpa was composed of nine small cities, so the words  nagare   nagare  are significant. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu wanted to perform  kīrtana  in each of these neighboring towns. He ordered the city decorated for the function.
TEXT 134
সঙ্ক্যাতে দেউটি সবে জাল ঘরে ঘরে ।
দেখ, কোন কাজী আগি’ মোরে মালা করে ॥১৩৪॥
sandhyāte deuṭi sabe jvāla ghare ghare dekha, kona kājī āsi’ more mānā kare
SYNONYMS
sandhyāte —in the evening;  deuṭi —lamps;  sabe —everyone;  jvāla —light up;  ghare ghare —in each and every home;  dekha —just wait and see;  kona —which kind;  kājī —magistrate;  āsi’ —coming;  more —unto Me;  mānā kare —orders Me to stop.
TRANSLATION
“In the evening, burn torchlights in every home. I shall give protection to everyone. Let us see what kind of Kazi comes to stop our  kīrtana .”