CC Ādi 17.133
Adi-līlā, Chapter 17, Text 133
নগরে নগরে আজি করিমু কীর্তন ।
সন্ধ্যাকালে কর সভে নগর–মণ্ডন ॥ ১৩৩ ॥
সন্ধ্যাকালে কর সভে নগর–মণ্ডন ॥ ১৩৩ ॥
nagare nagare āji karimu kīrtana
sandhyā-kāle kara sabhe nagara-maṇḍana
sandhyā-kāle kara sabhe nagara-maṇḍana
Word by word
nagare — from town; nagare — to town; āji — today; karimu — I shall perform; kīrtana — chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra; sandhyā-kāle — in the evening; kara — do; sabhe — all; nagara — of the city; maṇḍana — decoration.
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.