Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu performs ecstatic NAMA SANKIRTAN ll HH Bhakti Gaurava Narayan Swami Maharaj

Chaitanya CHARITAMRITA Antya Lila Chap-10 : Text 57: The next day, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went with His personal devotees to see Lord Jagannātha when Lord Jagannātha arose early in the morning. Text 58: After seeing Lord Jagannātha, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu began His all-encompassing saṅkīrtana. He formed seven groups, which then began to chant. Text 59: In each of the seven groups was a principal dancer, such as Advaita Ācārya or Lord Nityānanda. Text 60: The dancers in the other groups were Vakreśvara Paṇḍita, Acyutānanda, Paṇḍita Śrīvāsa, Satyarāja Khān and Narahari dāsa. Text 61: As Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu walked from one group to another inspecting them, the men in each group thought, “The Lord is within our group.” Text 62: The congregational chanting made a tumultuous roar that filled the sky. All the inhabitants of Jagannātha Purī came to see the kīrtana. Text 63: Accompanied by his personal staff, the King also came there and watched from a distance, and all the queens watched from the elevated parts of the palace. Text 64: Due to the forceful vibration of kīrtana, the entire world began trembling. When everyone chanted the holy name, they made a tumultuous sound. Text 65: In this way the Lord had congregational chanting performed for some time, and then He Himself desired to dance. Text 66: The seven groups began chanting and beating their drums in seven directions, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu began dancing in the center in great ecstatic love. Text 67: Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu remembered a line in the Orissan language and ordered Svarūpa Dāmodara to sing it. Text 68: “Let my head fall at the feet of Jagannātha in the kīrtana hall known as Jagamohana.” Text 69: Simply because of this line, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was dancing in greatly ecstatic love. People all around Him floated in the water of His tears. Text 70: Raising His two arms, the Lord said, “Chant! Chant!” Floating in transcendental bliss, the people responded by chanting the holy name of Hari. Text 71: The Lord fell to the ground unconscious, not even breathing. Then suddenly He stood up, making a loud sound. Text 72: The hairs on His body constantly stood up like the thorns on a śimula tree. Sometimes His body was swollen and sometimes lean and thin. Text 73: He bled and perspired from every pore of His body. His voice faltered. Unable to say the line properly, He uttered only “jaja gaga pari mumu.” Text 74: All His teeth shook, as if each was separate from the others. Indeed, they seemed about to fall to the ground. Text 75: His transcendental bliss increased at every moment. Therefore even by midafternoon the dancing had not ended. Text 76: The ocean of transcendental bliss overflowed, and everyone present forgot his body, mind and home. Text 77: Then Lord Nityānanda found a way to end the kīrtana. He gradually stopped all the chanters. Text 78: Thus only one group continued chanting with Svarūpa Dāmodara, and they chanted very softly. Text 79: When there was no longer a tumultuous sound, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu returned to external consciousness. Then Nityānanda Prabhu informed Him of the fatigue of the chanters and dancers. Text 80: Understanding the fatigue of the devotees, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu stopped the congregational chanting. Then He bathed in the sea, accompanied by them all. Text 81: Then Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took prasādam with all of them and then asked them to return to their dwellings and take rest.