CC Madhya 11.226

Madhya-līlā, Chapter 11, Text 226

বহুক্ষণ নৃত্য করি’ প্রভু স্থির হৈলা ।
চারি মহান্তেরে তবে নাচিতে আজ্ঞা দিলা ॥ ২২৬ ॥

bahu-kṣaṇa nṛtya kari’ prabhu sthira hailā
cāri mahāntere tabe nācite ājñā dilā

Word by word

bahu-kṣaṇa — for a long period; nṛtya kari’ — dancing; prabhu — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; sthira hailā — became still; cāri mahāntere — to four great personalities; tabe — then; nācite — to dance; ājñā dilā — ordered.

Translation

After dancing for a long time, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu became still and ordered four great personalities to begin to dance.