# Cc. Madhya 25.165 ## Text > saba kāśī-vāsī kare nāma-saṅkīrtana > preme hāse, kāṅde, gāya, karaye nartana ## Synonyms *saba* *kāśī*-*vāsī*—all the inhabitants of Kāśī (Vārāṇasī); *kare*—performed; *nāma*-*saṅkīrtana*—chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa *mantra*; *preme*—in ecstatic love of Godhead; *hāse*—they laughed; *kāṅde*—they cried; *gāya*—chanted; *karaye* *nartana*—and danced. ## Translation **All the inhabitants of Kāśī [Vārāṇasī] began chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra in ecstatic love. Sometimes they laughed, sometimes they cried, sometimes they chanted, and sometimes they danced.**