Text 2161
The Bedā-kīrtana Pastimes
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TEXT 2114
সঙ্ক্যা-ধূপ দেখি’ আরম্ভিলা সংকীর্তন । 
    পড়িছা আসি’ সবারে দিল মালা-চন্দন ॥ ২২৪ ॥
sandhyā-dhūpa dekhi’ ārambhilā saṅkīrtana padichā āsi’ sabāre dila mālya-candana
SYNONYMS
sandhyā-dhūpa — dhūpa-ārati  just in the beginning of the evening;  dekhi' —they all saw;  ārambhilā —began;  saṅkīrtana —congregational chanting;  paḍichā —the inspector of the temple;  āsi' —coming;  sabāre —unto everyone;  dila —offered;  mālya-candana —flower garlands and sandalwood pulp.
TRANSLATION
After seeing the dhūpa-ārati of the Lord, they all began congregational chanting. Then the paḍichā, the superintendent of the temple, came and offered flower garlands and sandalwood pulp to everyone.
TEXT 215
চারিদিকে চারি সম্প্রদায় করেন কীর্তন । মধ্যে নৃত্য করে প্রভু শচীর নন্দন ॥ ২১৫ ॥
cāri-dike cāri sampradāya karena kīrtana madhye nṛtya kare prabhu śacīra nandana
SYNONYMS
cāri-dike —in the four directions;  cāri —four;  sampradāya —groups;  karena —performed;  kīrtana —congregational chanting;  madhye —in the middle;  nṛtya kare —dances;  prabhu —Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  śacīra nandana —the son of mother Śacī.
TRANSLATION
Four parties were then distributed in four directions to perform sankirtana, and in the middle of them the Lord Himself, known as the son of mother Śacī, began to dance.
TEXT 216
অষ্ট মুদল বাজে, বত্রিশ করতাল । 
হরিধ্বনি করে সবে, বলে – ভাল, ভাল ॥ ২১৬ ॥