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CC Madhya 14.46

Bengali

‘হরিবোল’ বলি’ কাঙ্গাল প্রেমে ভাসি’ যায় ।
ঐছন অদ্ভুত লীলা করে গৌররায় ॥ ৪৬ ॥

Text

‘hari-bola’ bali’ kāṅgāla preme bhāsi’ yāya
aichana adbhuta līlā kare gaurarāya

Synonyms

hari-bola bali’ — by chanting “Haribol”; kāṅgāla — the poor section of people; preme — in ecstatic love; bhāsi’ yāya — began to float; aichana — such; adbhuta — wonderful; līlā — pastimes; kare — performs; gaurarāya — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Translation

As soon as the beggars chanted the holy name, “Haribol,” they were immediately absorbed in ecstatic love of Godhead. In this way Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu performed wonderful pastimes.

Purport

To feel the emotion of ecstatic love of God is to be on the transcendental platform. If one can keep himself in that transcendental position, he will surely return home, back to Godhead. In the spiritual world there are no higher, middle or lower classes. This is confirmed in the Īśopaniṣad (7):

yasmin sarvāṇi bhūtāny ātmaivābhūd vijānataḥ
tatra ko mohaḥ kaḥ śoka ekatvam anupaśyataḥ

“One who always sees all living entities as spiritual sparks, in quality one with the Lord, becomes a true knower of things. What, then, can be illusion or anxiety for him?”