CC Ādi 17.133
Bengali
নগরে নগরে আজি করিমু কীর্তন ।
সন্ধ্যাকালে কর সভে নগর–মণ্ডন ॥ ১৩৩ ॥
সন্ধ্যাকালে কর সভে নগর–মণ্ডন ॥ ১৩৩ ॥
Text
nagare nagare āji karimu kīrtana
sandhyā-kāle kara sabhe nagara-maṇḍana
sandhyā-kāle kara sabhe nagara-maṇḍana
Synonyms
Translation
“In the evening I shall perform saṅkīrtana in each and every town. Therefore you should all decorate the city in the evening.
Purport
At that time, Navadvīpa was composed of nine small cities, so the words nagare nagare are significant. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu wanted to perform kīrtana in each of these neighboring towns. He ordered the city decorated for the function.