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.

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.