# Cc. Madhya 11.218 > কীর্তন-আরম্ভে প্রেম উথলি’ চলিল ৷ > নীলাচলবাসী লোক ধাঞা আইল ৷৷ ২১৮ ৷৷ ॥২১৮॥ ## Text > kīrtana-ārambhe prema uthali' calila > nīlācala-vāsī loka dhāñā āila ## Synonyms *kīrtana-ārambhe*—in the beginning of the *saṅkīrtana*; *prema*—ecstasy of love; *uthali'*—overpowering; *calila*—began to proceed; *nīlācala-vāsī*—all the residents of Jagannātha Purī; *loka*—people; *dhāñā*—running; *āila*—came. ## Translation **When the congregational chanting began, ecstatic love immediately overflooded everything, and all the residents of Jagannātha Purī came running.**