Saṅkīrtana Chale Gaura Nitā I
Suha-i-rāga
On the pretext of performing saṅkīrtana, Lord Gaura and Lord Nitāi brought the chanting-party out of the city, brought it to the place where Jagāi and Mādhāi stayed.
The tumultuous sounds of the kholas and karatālas aroused the two brothers, Jagāi and Mādhāi. Throwing broken pieces of clay wine-pots, they attacked the devotees. The devotees fled. The brothers gave chase.
Haridāsa and Lord Nityānanda stood with folded hands. With His own hands, Mādhāi had attacked them with broken pieces of wine-pots.
4 and Text 5 Struck by a piece of pottery, from Lord Nitāi’s forehead a stream of blood flowed. Then Avadhūta Lord Nityānanda says, “O brother Mādhāi, if you wish to be delivered from this world of birth and death, then please embrace the chanting of the holy names. Please chant, `Haribol!’ “ Śyāma dāsa says: Never have I seen anyone more merciful than Lord Gaura and Lord Nityānanda.
About Saṅkīrtana Chale Gaura Nitā I
Notes that Gaura and Nitāi dance chale, "under the guise" of saṅkīrtana — suggesting the chanting is itself a kind of pretext or vehicle for their deeper ecstatic purpose.
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On the pretext of performing saṅkīrtana, Lord Gaura and Lord Nitāi brought the chanting-party out of the city, brought it to the place where Jagāi and Mādhāi stayed.
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