Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.86.38
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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nanarta ha
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he danced
Perfect of √nṛt (to dance) + ha (the asseverative particle marking memorable past action). Gauḍīyas read this as bhakta-spontaneous-nāṭya — the same nāṭya that, in CC, defines Caitanya's saṅkīrtana movement.
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saṁhṛṣṭaḥ
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delighted
Past participle of sam + √hṛṣ (to be thrilled, with hair standing on end). The sāttvika-bhāva of horripilation. Gauḍīya rasa-theory catalogs eight sāttvika-bhāvas; romāñca (hair standing) is one. Śrutadeva enters that state at darśana.
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dhunvan
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waving
Present participle of √dhū (to shake). The bhakta waves his upper-cloth as part of dancing. Gauḍīyas note this gesture is identical to the kīrtana-dance of Mahāprabhu's bhaktas — chaddha-uddhūnana, cloth-fluttering.
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janakaḥ
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Bahulāśva (the Janaka-descendant)
Lit. 'father, descendant of the Janaka line.' The Bhāgavata uses the dynastic name to equate the two welcomings — the king (janakaḥ) did this much, the brāhmaṇa did the same (yathā janakaḥ). Sama-darśana confirmed by sama-svāgata.
Srutadeva, holding his cloth in his hands above his head and waving it in joy began to dance when Krsna arrived at his house.
Like the king (janako yathā) he had increased bhakti, with tears in his eyes and joy in his heart. Instead of munīn sometimes munīn ca is seen. The word ha indicates joy.
Śrutadeva bowed to the Lord full of all powers (acyutam) who had come to his house with the sages, great devotees, like Bahulāśva, he had increased bhakti, with tears in his eyes and joy in his heart.
- Where do I dim my welcome of God because I think my resources are too small?
- How does Śrutadeva's example reframe what 'fitting' welcome of God looks like?
Now Bhagavān is also at Śrutadeva's hut. The same Kṛṣṇa, no diminished portion. Śrutadeva, overcome, begins to dance, waving his cloth — a one-man kīrtana in the doorway. Joy is the official greeting of Bhagavān.
Caitanya-caritāmṛta records that when Mahāprabhu first reached Purī, Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya stepped outside and was met with the dancing of the Lord Himself; later it was Caitanya's devotees who danced upon His arrival at every village. Dance is the body's reply to Bhagavān's arrival.
Śrutadeva's nanarta ha here is the original of every kīrtana-naṭṭana in Caitanya's tradition. Gauḍīyas hold dance as a limb of bhakti — saṅkīrtana is by definition the saṅghika-nartana of Bhagavān's names.
My note
Source: vedabase.io