CC Ādi 13.38

Adi-līlā, Chapter 13, Text 38

তার মধ্যে ছয় বৎসর ভক্তগণ–সঙ্গে ।
প্রেমভক্তি লওয়াইল নৃত্য–গীত–রঙ্গে ॥ ৩৮ ॥

tāra madhye chaya vatsara bhaktagaṇa-saṅge
prema-bhakti laoyāila nṛtya-gīta-raṅge

Word by word

tāra madhye — out of that; chaya vatsara — six years; bhakta-gaṇa-saṅge — along with devotees; prema-bhakti — love of Kṛṣṇa; laoyāila — induced; nṛtya — dancing; gīta — chanting; raṅge — in transcendental bliss.

Translation

For six of the eighteen years He continuously stayed in Jagannātha Purī, He regularly performed kīrtana, inducing all the devotees to love Kṛṣṇa simply by chanting and dancing.