Srila Prabhupada on kirtans in Mayapur and other places.

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CC Adi 17.123:

 

TRANSLATION

 

When the sa‰k…rtana movement thus started, no one in Navadv…pa could hear

any sound other than the words “Hari! Hari!” and the beating of the mda‰ga

and clashing of hand bells.

 

PURPORT

 

The International Society for Krishna Consciousness now has its world center

in Navadv…pa, M€y€pur. The managers of this center should see that

twenty-four hours a day there is chanting of the holy names of the Hare

KŠa mah€-mantra, with the addition of haraye namaƒ, kŠa y€dav€ya namaƒ,

for this song was a favorite of ®r… Caitanya Mah€prabhu’s. But all such

sa‰k…rtana must be preceded by the chanting of the holy names of the five

tattvas—r…-kŠa-caitanya prabhu-nity€nanda r…-advaita gad€dhara

r…v€s€di-gaura-bhakta-vnda. We are already accustomed to chant these two

mantras—r…-kŠa-caitanya prabhu-nity€nanda r…-advaita gad€dhara

r…v€s€di-gaura-bhakta-vnda and Hare KŠa, Hare KŠa, KŠa KŠa, Hare

Hare/ Hare R€ma, Hare R€ma, R€ma R€ma, Hare Hare. Now, after these, the

other two lines—namely haraye namaƒ, kŠa y€dav€ya namaƒ/ gop€la govinda

r€ma r…-madhus™dana—should be added, especially in M€y€pur. Chanting of

these six lines should go on so perfectly well that no one there hears any

vibration other than the chanting of the holy names of the Lord. That will

make the center spiritually all-perfect.