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The Lord’s Dancing at Ratha-yātrā
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TEXT 48
সাত সম্প্রদায়ে বাজে চৌদ্দ মাদল। যার ধ্বনি শুনি’ বৈষ্ণব হৈল পাগল ॥ ৪৮ ॥
sāta sampradāye bāje caudda mādala yāra dhvani śuni’ vaiṣṇava haila pāgala
SYNONYMS
sāta sampradāye  —in seven groups;  bāje  —were beating;  caudda  —fourteen;  mādala  —drums;  yāra  —of which;  dhvani  —the sound;  śuni’  —hearing;  vaiṣṇava  —all the devotees;  haila  —became;  pāgala  —mad.
TRANSLATION
There were altogether seven parties of sankirtana, and in each party two men were beating drums. Thus fourteen drums were being played at once. The sound was tumultuous, and all the devotees bacame mad.
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বৈষ্ণবের মেঘ-ঘটায় হুইল বাদল।
কীর্তনানন্দে সব বর্ষে নেত্র-জল ॥ ৪৯ ॥
vaişnavera megha-ghaṭāya ha-ila bādala kīrtanānande saba varṣe netra-jala
SYNONYMS
vaişṇavera —of the devotees;  megha-ghaṭāya —by the assembly of clouds;  ha-ila —there was;  bādala —rainfall;  kīrtana-ānande —in the blissful situation of chanting;  saba —all of them;  varṣe —rain;  netra-jala —tears from the eyes.
TRANSLATION
All the Vaiṣṇavas came together like an assembly of clouds. As the devotees chanted the holy names, tears fell in great ecstasy like rainfall from their eyes.
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ত্রিভুবন ভরি’ উঠে কীর্তনের ধ্বনি। অত্য বাদ্যাদির ধ্বনি কিছুই না শুনি ॥ ৫০ ॥