260 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila, Ch. 11

aiche prema, aiche nrtya, aiche hari-dhvani
kahan nahi dekhi, aiche kahan nahi suni

SYNONYMS

aiche—such; prema—ecstatic love; aiche nrtya—such dancing; aiche hari-
dhvani—such vibration of the chanting of the holy name; kahafi—anywhere;
nahi dekhi—| have never seen; aiche—such; kahan—anywhere; nahi suni—l
never heard.

TRANSLATION

“| have never before seen such ecstatic love, nor heard the vibration of the
holy name of the Lord chanted in such a way, nor seen such dancing during
sankirtana.”’

PURPORT

Because the temple of Lord Jagannatha is situated at Jagannatha Puri, many
devotees from all parts of the world came to perform sankirtana in glorification of
the Lord. All these devotees were certainly seen and heard by Maharaja Pra-
taparudra, but he herein admits that the kirtana performed by the associates of
the Lord was unique. He had never before heard such sankirtana nor seen such at-
tractive features manifest by the devotees. The members of the International
Society for Krishna Consciousness should go to India during the birthday
ceremony of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu at Mayapur and perform sankirtana con-
gregationally. This will attract the attention of all the important personalities in
India, just as the beauty, bodily luster and sankirtana performance by the associ-
ates of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu attracted the attention of Maharaja Prataparudra.
The associates of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu were unlimited during the Lord’s pres-
ence on this planet, but anyone who is pure in life and devoted to the mission of
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is to be understood as a nitya-siddha associate of the
Lord.

TEXT 97
SBIBIG Fez CS TA apa |
COSTMA ViB— AS ColT-ALANSA It 59 I

bhattacarya kahe ei madhura vacana
caitanyera srsti—ei prema-sankirtana

SYNONYMS
bhattécarya—Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya; kahe—replied; ei—this; madhura
vacana—transcendental sweetness of the voice; caitanyera srsti—the creation of
