Text 107] The Advent of Lord Caitanya 113

singers of the heaveniy planets; stu¢i—prayers; n¢tya—dancing; kare—do; vadya—
music; gita—song; nartaka—dancers; vadaka—professional drummers; bhdta-pro-
fessional biessing-givers; navadvipe—in the city of Navadvipa; yara—of whom; ndta—
stage; sabe—all of them; dsi’—coming; ndce—began to dance; pafid—achieving;
prita—happiness.

TRANSLATION

In outer space all the demigods, including the inhabitants of Gandharvaloka,
Siddhaloka and Caranaloka, offered their prayers and danced with musical songs
and the beating of drums. Similarly, in Navadvipa city all the professional dancers,
musicians and blessers gathered together, dancing in great jubilation.

PURPORT

As there are professional singers, dancers and reciters of prayers in the heavenly
planets,so in India still there are professional dancers, givers of blessings and singers,
all of whom assemble together during householder ceremonies, especially marriages
and birth ceremonies. These professional men earn their livelihood by taking
charity on such occasions from the homes of the Hindus. Eunuchs also take ad-
vantage of such ceremonies to receive charity. That is their means of livelihood.
Such men never become servants or engage themselves in agriculture or business
occupations, they simply take charity from neighborhood friends to maintain
themselves peacefully, Fhe bhdtas are a class of brahmanas who go to such cere-
monies to offer blessings by composing poems with references to the Vedic
scriptures.

TEXT 107

CES STH CHA AH, CHA ATH CHA ATA,
mNBifICS aiCH BTA CAM |
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fey Cen eayacre FaeaM 29H

keba ase keba yaya, keba@ nace keba gaya,
sambhdlite nare kara bola

khandileka duhbkha-soka, pramoda-pirita loka,
misra hala Gnande vihvala

SYNONYMS

keba—who; ase—is coming; keb@—who; yaya—is going; keb@—who; ndce—is
dancing; kebad—who, gdya—is singing; sambhdlite—to understand; n@re—cannot;
kara—others; bo/la—language; khandileka—dissipated; dufikha—unhappiness; soka—
lamentation; pramoda— jubilation; pirita—full of; /oka—all people; misra—)agannatha
Misra; haifGd—became; Gnande—in happiness; vihva/a—over whelmed.
