CC Ādi 17.135
Bengali
এত কহি’ সন্ধ্যাকালে চলে গৌররায় ।
কীর্তনের কৈল প্রভু তিন সম্প্রদায় ॥১৩৫ ॥
কীর্তনের কৈল প্রভু তিন সম্প্রদায় ॥১৩৫ ॥
Verse text
eta kahi’ sandhyā-kale cāle gaurarāya
kīrtanera kaila prabhu tina sampradāya
kīrtanera kaila prabhu tina sampradāya
Synonyms
Translation
In the evening Lord Gaurasundara went out and formed three parties to perform kīrtana.
Purport
This is a scheme for performing kīrtana in a procession. During Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s time, one party was composed of twenty-one men: four people playing mṛdaṅgas, one leading the chanting, and sixteen others striking karatālas, responding to the leading chanter. If many men join the saṅkīrtana movement, they may follow in the footsteps of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and form different parties according to the time and the number of men available.