1|Madhya 13-1975: The Ecstatic Dancing of the Lord at Ratha-
>|yatra
2|Chapter 13
3|The Ecstatic Dancing of the Lord at Ratha-yatra
4|A summary of this chapter is given by Srila Bhaktivinoda
>|Thakura in his Amrta-pravaha-bhasya as follows. After
>|bathing early in the morning, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu saw
>|the Deities (Jagannatha, Baladeva and Subhadra) get aboard
>|Their three carts. This function is called Pandu-vijaya. At
>|that time, King Prataparudra took a broom with a golden
>|handle and began to cleanse the road. Lord Jagannatha took
>|permission from the goddess of fortune and then started in
>|the car for the Gundica temple. The road to the temple led
>|along a broad, sandy beach, and on both sides of the road
>|were residential quarters, houses and gardens. Along that
>|road the servants called gaudas began to pull the cars. Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu divided His sankirtana party into seven
>|divisions. With two mrdangas in each division, there were
>|altogether fourteen mrdangas While performing kirtana,
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu exhibited various symptoms of
>|transcendental ecstasy, and Jagannatha and Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu exchanged Their feelings very blissfully. When
>|the cars reached the place known as Balagandi, the devotees
>|offered the Deities simple food. At this time, in a nearby
>|garden, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His devotees took a
>|brief rest from the dancing.
5|Madhya 13.1
6|TEXT 1
7|TEXT
8|sa jiyat krsna-caitanyah
9|sri-rathagre nanarta yah
10|yenasij jagatam citram
11|jagannatho 'pi vismitah
12|SYNONYMS
13|sah-He; jiyat-may live long; krsna-caitanyah-Lord Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; sri-ratha-agre-in the front of the car;
>| nanarta-danced; yah-who; yena-by whom; asit-there was;
>|jagatam-of the whole universe; citram-wonder; jagannathah-
>|Lord Jagannatha; api-also; vismitah-was astonished.
14|TRANSLATION
15|May the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Krsna Caitanya,
>|who danced in front of the car of Sri Jagannatha, be all
>|glorified! By seeing His dancing, not only was the whole
>|universe held in wonder, but Lord Jagannatha Himself became
>|very much astonished.
16|Madhya 13.2
17|TEXT 2
18|TEXT
19|jaya jaya sri-krsna-caitanya nityananda
20|jayadvaita-candra jaya gaura-bhakta-vrnda
21|SYNONYMS
22|jaya jaya-all glories; sri-krsna-caitanya-to Lord Sri Krsna
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu; nityananda-to Nityananda Prabhu; jaya-
>|all glories; advaita-candra-to Advaita Acarya; jaya-all
>|glories; gaura-bhakta-vrnda-to the devotees of Lord
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
23|TRANSLATION
24|All glories to Sri Krsna Caitanya and Prabhu Nityananda!
>|All glories to Advaitacandra! And all glories to the
>|devotees of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu!
25|Madhya 13.3
26|TEXT 3
27|TEXT
28|jaya srota-gana, suna, kari' eka mana
29|ratha-yatraya nrtya prabhura parama mohana
30|SYNONYMS
31|jaya-all glories; srota-gana-to the listeners; suna-please
>|hear; kari'-keeping yourself; eka mana-in one attention;
>|ratha-yatraya-in the car festival; nrtya-dancing; prabhura-
>|of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; parama-extremely; mohana-
>|enchanting.
32|TRANSLATION
33|All glories to the listeners of Caitanya-caritamrta .
>|Please hear the description of the dancing of Lord Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu at the Ratha-yatra festival. His dancing is very
>|enchanting. Please hear of it with great attention.
34|Madhya 13.4
35|TEXT 4
36|TEXT
37|ara dina mahaprabhu hana savadhana
38|ratre uthi' gana-sange kaila pratah-snana
39|SYNONYMS
40|ara dina-the next day; mahaprabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
>|hana-becoming; savadhana-very careful; ratre uthi'-getting
>|up at night; gana-sange-with His personal devotees; kaila-
>|took; pratah-snana-bathing early in the morning.
41|TRANSLATION
42|The next day, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His personal
>|associates got up in the dark and attentively took their
>|early morning baths.
43|Madhya 13.5
44|TEXT 5
45|TEXT
46|pandu-vijaya dekhibare karila gamana
47|jagannatha yatra kaila chadi' simhasana
48|SYNONYMS
49|pandu-vijaya-the ceremony named Pandu-vijaya; dekhibare-for
>|seeing; karila-did; gamana-go; jagannatha-Lord Jagannatha;
>|yatra-departure; kaila-did; chadi'-leaving; simhasana-the
>|throne.
50|TRANSLATION
51|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His personal associates then
>|went to see the ceremony of Pandu-vijaya. During this
>|ceremony, Lord Jagannatha leaves His throne and gets up
>|onto the car.
52|Madhya 13.6
53|TEXT 6
54|TEXT
55|apani prataparudra lana patra-gana
56|mahaprabhura gane karaya vijaya-darsana
57|SYNONYMS
58|apani-personally; prataparudra-King Prataparudra; lana-
>|taking with him; patra-gana-his associates; mahaprabhura-of
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; gane-associates; karaya-causes;
>|vijaya-darsana-seeing the Pandu-vijaya ceremony.
59|TRANSLATION
60|King Prataparudra in person, as well as his entourage,
>|allowed the Pandu-vijaya ceremony to be seen by all the
>|associates of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
61|Madhya 13.7
62|TEXT 7
63|TEXT
64|advaita, nitai adi sange bhakta-gana
65|sukhe mahaprabhu dekhe isvara-gamana
66|SYNONYMS
67|advaita-Advaita Acarya; nitai-Lord Nityananda Prabhu; adi-
>|headed by; sange-with; bhakta-gana-devotees; sukhe-in great
>|happiness; mahaprabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; dekhe-sees;
>|isvara-gamana-how the Lord is starting.
68|TRANSLATION
69|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His prominent devotees-Advaita
>|Acarya, Nityananda Prabhu and others-were very happy to
>|observe how Lord Jagannatha began the Ratha-yatra.
70|Madhya 13.8
71|TEXT 8
72|TEXT
73|balistha dayita' gana-yena matta hati
74|jagannatha vijaya karaya kari' hatahati
75|SYNONYMS
76|balistha dayita' gana-very strong dayitas, or carriers of
>|Jagannatha; yena-as if; matta hati-drunken elephants;
>|jagannatha-of Lord Jagannatha; vijaya-departure; karaya-
>|cause; kari'-performing; hatahati-hand to hand.
77|TRANSLATION
78|The very strongly built dayitas [carriers of the Jagannatha
>|Deity] were as powerful as drunken elephants. They manually
>|carried Lord Jagannatha from the throne to the car.
79|PURPORT
80|The word dayita refers to one who has received the mercy of
>|the Lord. Lord Jagannatha has a number of stalwart servants
>|known as dayitas. These servants do not come from very high-
>|caste families (brahmanas, ksatriyas or vaisyas), but
>|because they are engaged in the service of the Lord, they
>|have been elevated to a respected position. Thus they are
>|known as dayitas. These servants of Lord Jagannatha take
>|care of the Lord from the day of the Snana-yatra up to the
>|time the Lord is carried from the throne to the Ratha car.
>|In the Ksetra-mahatmya these dayitas are said to come from
>|the sabaras, a caste that keeps and sells pigs. However,
>|among the dayitas there are also many who come from the
>|brahmana caste. Those dayitas coming from the brahmana
>|families are called dayita-patis, or leaders of the dayitas.
>| The dayita-patis offer food such as sweetmeats to Lord
>|Jagannatha during the anavasara, the resting period after
>|Snana-yatra. They also make the early morning offering of
>|sweetmeats daily , It is said that during the anavasara
>|Lord Jagannatha suffers from fever and that the dayita-
>|patis offer Him an infusion of drugs represented by fruit
>|juice. It is said that in the beginning Lord Jagannatha was
>|worshiped by the sabaras and was known as the Deity Nila
>|Madhava. Later, when the Deity was established in the
>|temple, the Lord became known as Jagannatha. Because the
>|Deities were taken from the sabaras, all the sabara
>|devotees were elevated to the position of dayitas.
81|Madhya 13.9
82|TEXT 9
83|TEXT
84|kataka dayita kare skandha alambana
85|kataka dayita dhare sri-padma-carana
86|SYNONYMS
87|kataka dayita-some of the dayitas; kare-do; skandha-of the
>|shoulders; alambana-capturing; kataka-some; dayita-servants
>|called dayitas; dhare-catch; sri-padma-carana-the lotus
>|feet of the Lord.
88|TRANSLATION
89|While carrying the Deity of Lord Jagannatha, some of the
>|dayitas took hold of the shoulders of the Lord, and some
>|caught His lotus feet.
90|Madhya 13.10
91|TEXT 10
92|TEXT
93|kati-tate baddha, drdha sthula patta-dori
94|dui dike dayita-gana uthaya taha dhari'
95|SYNONYMS
96|kati-tate-on the waist; baddha-bound; drdha-strong; sthula-
>|thick; patta-dori-rope made of silk; dui dike-from two
>|sides; dayita-gana-the dayitas; uthaya-raise; taha-that
>|rope; dhari'-catching.
97|TRANSLATION
98|The Lord Jagannatha Deity was bound at the waist by a
>|strong, thick rope made of silk. From two sides the dayitas
>|caught hold of this rope and raised the Deity.
99|Madhya 13.11
100|TEXT 11
101|TEXT
102|ucca drdha tuli saba pati' sthane sthane
103|eka tuli haite tvaraya ara tulite ane
104|SYNONYMS
105|ucca-puffed up; drdha-strong; tuli-pads made of cotton;
>|saba-all; pati'-spreading; sthane sthane-from one place to
>|another; eka tuli-one pad; haite-from; tvaraya-very soon;
>|ara-next; tulite-on the pad; ane-bring.
106|TRANSLATION
107|Strong, puffed-up cotton pads called tulis were spread out
>|from the throne to the car, and the heavy Deity of Lord
>|Jagannatha was carried from one pillow-like pad to the
>|next by the dayitas.
108|Madhya 13.12
109|TEXT 12
110|TEXT
111|prabhu-padaghate tuli haya khanda khanda
112|tula saba udi' yaya, sabda haya pracanda
113|SYNONYMS
114|prabhu-pada-aghate-by the kicking of Lord Jagannatha; tuli-
>|the pads; haya-become; khanda khanda-broken to pieces; tula-
>|cotton from inside; saba-all; udi' yaya-rises; sabda-sound;
>|haya-there is; pracanda-very much.
115|TRANSLATION
116|While the dayitas carried the heavy Jagannatha Deity from
>|one pad to the next, some of the pads broke, and the cotton
>|contents floated into the air. When they broke, they made a
>|heavy, cracking sound.
117|Madhya 13.13
118|TEXT 13
119|TEXT
120|visvambhara jagannathe ke calaite pare?
121|apana icchaya cale karite vihare
122|SYNONYMS
123|visvambhara-the maintainer of the universe; jagannathe-Lord
>|Jagannatha; ke-who; calaite-cause to be carried; pare-can;
>|apana-personal; icchaya-by His will; cale-moves; karite-to
>|act; vihare-in pastimes.
124|TRANSLATION
125|Lord Jagannatha is the maintainer of the whole universe.
>|Who can carry Him from one place to another? However, the
>|Lord moves by His personal will just to perform His
>|pastimes.
126|Madhya 13.14
127|TEXT 14
128|TEXT
129|mahaprabhu 'manima' 'manima' kare dhvani
130|nana-vadya-kolahale kichui na suni
131|SYNONYMS
132|mahaprabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; manima-Manima; manima-
>|Manima ; kare-makes; dhvani-the sound; nana-
>|various; vadya-of musical instruments; kolahale-by the
>|tumultuous sound; kichui-anything; na-not; suni-can hear.
133|TRANSLATION
134|While the Lord was transported from the throne to the car,
>|tumultuous sounds were made on various musical instruments.
>|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was chanting "Manima Manima ," but
>|He could not be heard.
135|PURPORT
136|The word manima is used to address a respectable person in
>|Orissa. Lord Jagannatha was being respectfully addressed by
>|Sri Caitanya in this way.
137|Madhya 13.15
138|TEXT 15
139|TEXT
140|tabe prataparudra kare apane sevana
141|suvarna-marjani lana kare patha sammarjana
142|SYNONYMS
143|tabe-at this time; prataparudra-King Prataparudra; kare-
>|does; apane-personally; sevana-service; suvarna-golden;
>|marjani-broom; lana-taking; kare-does; patha-road;
>|sammarjana-cleansing.
144|TRANSLATION
145|While the Lord was being carried from the throne to the car,
>| King Prataparudra personally engaged in the Lord's service
>|by cleansing the road with a broom that had a golden handle.
146|Madhya 13.16
147|TEXT 16
148|TEXT
149|candana-jalete kare patha nisecane
150|tuccha seva kare vasi' raja-simhasane
151|SYNONYMS
152|candana-jalete-with sandalwood water; kare-does; patha-road;
>| nisecane-sprinkling; tuccha-insignificant, menial; seva-
>|service; kare-performs; vasi'-although in possession of;
>|raja-simhasane-the royal throne.
153|TRANSLATION
154|The King sprinkled the road with sandalwood-scented water.
>|Although he was the owner of the royal throne, he engaged
>|in menial service for the sake of Lord Jagannatha.
155|Madhya 13.17
156|TEXT 17
157|TEXT
158|uttama hana raja kare tuccha sevana
159|ataeva jagannathera krpara bhajana
160|SYNONYMS
161|uttama hana-although very respectable; raja-the King; kare-
>|accepts; tuccha-menial; sevana-service; ataeva-therefore;
>|jagannathera-of Lord Jagannatha; krpara-in the matter of
>|mercy; bhajana-suitable candidate.
162|TRANSLATION
163|Although the King was the most exalted respectable person,
>|still he accepted menial service for the Lord; he,
>|therefore , became a suitable candidate for receiving the
>|Lord's mercy.
164|Madhya 13.18
165|TEXT 18
166|TEXT
167|mahaprabhu sukha paila se-seva dekhite
168|mahaprabhura krpa haila se-seva ha-ite
169|SYNONYMS
170|mahaprabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; sukha paila-felt very
>|happy; se-seva-that kind of service; dekhite-to see;
>|mahaprabhura-of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; krpa-mercy; haila-
>|there was; se-seva ha-ite-because of that service.
171|TRANSLATION
172|Upon seeing the King engaged in such menial service,
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu became very happy. Simply by rendering
>|this service, the King received the mercy of the Lord.
173|PURPORT
174|Unless one receives the mercy of the Lord, he cannot
>|understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead or engage in
>|His devotional service.
175|athapi te deva padambuja-dvaya-
176|prasada-lesanugrhita eva hi
177|janati tattvam bhagavan-mahimno
178|na canya eko 'pi ciram vicinvan
179|(Bhag . 10.14.29)
180|Only a devotee who has received a small fraction of
>|the mercy of the Lord can understand Him. Others may engage
>|in theoretical speculation to understand the Lord, but they
>|can not know anything about Him. Although Maharaja
>|Prataparudra was very eager to see Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu,
>|the Lord refused to see him. However , when Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu saw the King engaged in menial service for Lord
>|Jagannatha, He became very happy. Thus the King became
>|eligible to receive Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's mercy. If a
>|devotee accepts Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu as the
>|universal guru and Lord Jagannatha as the Supreme
>|Personality of Godhead Krsna, he is benefited by the
>|combined mercy of Krsna and guru. That is stated by Sri
>|Caitanya Mahaprabhu in His instructions to Rupa Gosvami . (
>|Cc. Madhya 19.151)
181|brahmanda bhramite kona bhagyavan jiva
182|guru-krsna-prasade paya bhakti-lata-bija
183|The seed of devotional service fructifies and becomes a
>|transcendental creeper. Finally it reaches the lotus feet
>|of the Lord in the spiritual sky. This seed is obtained by
>|the mercy of the Lord and the guru. By the Lord's mercy one
>|gets the association of a bona fide guru, and by the mercy
>|of the guru, one gets a chance to render devotional service.
>| Devotional service, the science of bhakti-yoga, carries
>|one from this material world to the spiritual world.
184|Madhya 13.19
185|TEXT 19
186|TEXT
187|rathera sajani dekhi' loke camatkara
188|nava hemamaya ratha-sumeru-akara
189|SYNONYMS
190|rathera-of the car; sajani-decoration; dekhi'-by seeing;
>|loke-everyone; camatkara-astonished; nava-new; hema-ma
>|ya-golden; ratha- chariot car; sumeru-akara-as high as the
>|mountain Sumeru.
191|TRANSLATION
192|Everyone was astonished to see the decorations on the Ratha
>|car. The car appeared to be newly made of gold, and it was
>|as high as Mount Sumeru.
193|PURPORT
194|In the year 1973 there was a gorgeous Ratha-yatra festival
>|in London, England, and the car was brought to Trafalgar
>|Square. The London daily newspaper the Guardian published a
>|front-page photo caption: "ISKCON Ratha-yatra is rival to
>|the Nelson Column in Trafalgar Square." The Nelson Column
>|is a very impressive statue of Lord Nelson and can be seen
>|from a good distance. Just as the residents of Puri
>|compared the Ratha-yatra car to Mount Sumeru, the residents
>|of London considered the car rival to the Nelson Monument.
195|Madhya 13.20
196|TEXT 20
197|TEXT
198|sata sata su-camara-darpane ujjvala
199|upare pataka sobhe candoya nirmala
200|SYNONYMS
201|sata sata-hundreds upon hundreds; su-camara-beautiful white
>|whisks; darpane-with mirrors; ujjvala-very bright; upare-on
>|the top; pataka-flag; sobhe-looks beautiful; candoya-canopy;
>| nirmala-thoroughly cleansed.
202|TRANSLATION
203|The decorations included bright mirrors and hundreds and
>|hundreds of camaras [white whisks made of yak tails]. On
>|top of the car were a neat and clean canopy and very
>|beautiful flag.
204|Madhya 13.21
205|TEXT 21
206|TEXT
207|ghaghara, kinkini baje, ghantara kvanita
208|nana citra-patta-vastre ratha vibhusita
209|SYNONYMS
210|ghaghara-gongs; kinkini-ankle bells; baje-were sounding;
>|ghantara-of bells; kvanita-tinkling sound; nana-various;
>|citra-pictures; patta-vastre-with silken cloth; ratha-the
>|car; vibhusita-decorated.
211|TRANSLATION
212|The car was also decorated with silken cloth and various
>|pictures. Many brass bells, gongs and ankle bells rang.
213|Madhya 13.22
214|TEXT 22
215|TEXT
216|lilaya cadila isvara rathera upara
217|ara dui rathe cade subhadra, haladhara
218|SYNONYMS
219|lilaya-for the matter of pastimes; cadila-got up; isvara-
>|the Supreme Personality of Godhead; rathera-a car; upara-
>|aboard; ara dui-another two; rathe-in the cars; cade-got up;
>| subhadra-the sister of Lord Jagannatha; haladhara-Balarama.
220|TRANSLATION
221|For the pastimes of the Ratha-yatra ceremony, Lord
>|Jagannatha got aboard one car, and His sister, Subhadra,
>|and elder brother, Balarama, got aboard two other cars.
222|Madhya 13.23
223|TEXT 23
224|TEXT
225|panca-dasa dina isvara maha-laksmi lana
226|tanra sange krida kaila nibhrte vasiya
227|SYNONYMS
228|panca-dasa dina-fifteen days; isvara-the Lord; maha-laksmi-
>|the supreme goddess of fortune; lana-with; tanra sange-in
>|her company; krida-enjoyment; kaila-performed; nibhrte-in a
>|solitary place; vasiya-sitting.
229|TRANSLATION
230|For fifteen days the Lord had remained in a secluded place
>|with the supreme goddess of fortune and had performed His
>|pastimes with her.
231|PURPORT
232|The fifteen-day period of anavasara is also called nibhrta,
>|in honor of the solitary place where the supreme goddess of
>|fortune lives. After living there a fortnight, Lord
>|Jagannatha took permission from the goddess of fortune to
>|leave.
233|Madhya 13.24
234|TEXT 24
235|TEXT
236|tanhara sammati lana bhakte sukha dite
237|rathe cadi' bahira haila vihara karite
238|SYNONYMS
239|tanhara sammati-her permission; lana-taking; bhakte-the
>|devotees; sukha dite-to please; rathe cadi'-riding on the
>|car; bahira haila-came out; vihara karite-to perform
>|pastimes.
240|TRANSLATION
241|Having taken permission from the goddess of fortune, the
>|Lord came out to ride on the Ratha car and perform His
>|pastimes for the pleasure of the devotees.
242|PURPORT
243|In this connection, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura
>|comments that as an ideal husband, Lord Jagannatha remained
>|fifteen days in a secluded place with His wife, the supreme
>|goddess of fortune. Nonetheless, the Lord wanted to come
>|out of seclusion to give happiness to His devotees. The
>|Lord enjoys Himself in two ways, known as svakiya and
>|parakiya. The Lord's conjugal love in the svakiya-rasa
>|relates to the regulative principles observed in Dvaraka.
>|There the Lord has many married queens , but in Vrndavana
>|the conjugal love of the Lord is not with His married wives
>|but with His girl friends, the gopis. Conjugal love
>|with the gopis is called parakiya-rasa. Lord Jagannatha
>|leaves the secluded place where He enjoys the company of
>|the supreme goddess of fortune in svakiya-rasa, and He goes
>|to Vrndavana where He enjoys the parakiya-rasa.
>|Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura therefore reminds us that
>|the Lord's pleasure in parakiya-rasa is superior to His
>|pleasure in svakiya-rasa.
244|In the material world, parakiya-rasa, or loving affairs
>|with unmarried girl friends, is a most degraded
>|relationship, but in the spiritual world this type of
>|loving affair is considered the supreme enjoyment. In the
>|material world everything is but a reflection of the
>|spiritual world, and that reflection is perverted. We
>|cannot understand the affairs of the spiritual world on the
>|basis of our experience in the material world. The Lord's
>|pastimes with the gopis are therefore misunderstood by
>|mundane scholars and word-wranglers. The parakiya-rasa of
>|the spiritual world should not be discussed except by one
>|who is very advanced in pure devotional service. The
>|parakiya-rasa in the spiritual world and that in the
>|material world are not comparable. The former is like gold,
>|and the latter is like iron. Because the difference between
>|the two is so great, they cannot actually be compared.
>|However, one can easily distinguish the value
>|of gold by seeing the value of iron . One
>|who has the proper realization can easily distinguish the
>|transcendental activities of the spiritual world from
>|material activities.
245|Madhya 13.25
246|TEXT 25
247|TEXT
248|suksma sveta-balu pathe pulinera sama
249|dui dike tota, saba-yena vrndavana
250|SYNONYMS
251|suksma-fine; sveta-balu-white sand; pathe-on the path;
>|pulinera sama-just like the bank of the Yamuna; dui dike-on
>|two sides; tota-gardens; saba-all; yena-like; vrndavana-the
>|holy place Vrndavana.
252|TRANSLATION
253|The fine, white sand spread all over the path resembled the
>|bank of the Yamuna, and the small gardens on both sides
>|looked just like those in Vrndavana.
254|Madhya 13.26
255|TEXT 26
256|TEXT
257|rathe cadi' jagannatha karila gamana
258|dui-parsve dekhi' cale anandita-mana
259|SYNONYMS
260|rathe cadi'-riding on the car; jagannatha-Lord Jagannatha;
>|karila gamana-was passing; dui-parsve-on both sides; dekhi'-
>|seeing; cale-goes; anandita-full of pleasure; mana-mind.
261|TRANSLATION
262|As Lord Jagannatha rode in His car and saw the beauty on
>|both sides, His mind was filled with pleasure.
263|Madhya 13.27
264|TEXT 27
265|TEXT
266|'gauda' saba ratha tane kariya ananda
267|ksane sighra cale ratha, ksane cale manda
268|SYNONYMS
269|gauda-the pullers of the car; saba-all; ratha-the car; tane-
>|pull; kariya-feeling; ananda-happiness; ksane-sometimes;
>|sighra cale-goes very fast; ratha-the car; ksane-sometimes;
>|cale-goes; manda-very slow.
270|TRANSLATION
271|The pullers of the car were known as gaudas, and they
>|pulled with great pleasure. However, the car sometimes went
>|very fast and sometimes very slow.
272|Madhya 13.28
273|TEXT 28
274|TEXT
275|ksane sthira hana rahe, tanileha na cale
276|isvara-icchaya cale, na cale karo bale
277|SYNONYMS
278|ksane-sometimes; sthira-still; hana-becoming; rahe-stays;
>|tanileha-in spite of being pulled; na cale-does not go;
>|isvara-icchaya-by the will of the Lord; cale-goes; na cale-
>|does not go; karo-of anyone; bale-by the strength.
279|TRANSLATION
280|Sometimes the car would stand still and not move, even
>|though it was pulled very vigorously. The chariot therefore
>|moved by the will of the Lord, not by the strength of any
>|ordinary person.
281|Madhya 13.29
282|TEXT 29
283|TEXT
284|tabe mahaprabhu saba lana bhakta-gana
285|svahaste paraila sabe malya-candana
286|SYNONYMS
287|tabe-at that time; mahaprabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; saba-
>|all; lana-taking; bhakta-gana-devotees; sva-haste-by His
>|own hand; paraila-decorated; sabe-everyone; malya-candana-
>|with flower garlands and pulp of sandalwood.
288|TRANSLATION
289|As the car stood still, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu gathered
>|all His devotees and, with His own hand, decorated them
>|with flower garlands and sandalwood pulp.
290|Madhya 13.30
291|TEXT 30
292|TEXT
293|paramananda puri, ara bharati brahmananda
294|sri-haste candana pana badila ananda
295|SYNONYMS
296|paramananda puri-Paramananda Puri; ara-and; bharati
>|brahmananda-Brahmananda Bharati; sri-haste-by the hand of
>|Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; candana-sandalwood pulp; pana-
>|getting; badila-increased; ananda-transcendental bliss.
297|TRANSLATION
298|Paramananda Puri and Brahmananda Bharati were both
>|personally given garlands and sandalwood pulp from the very
>|hands of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. This increased their
>|transcendental pleasure.
299|Madhya 13.31
300|TEXT 31
301|TEXT
302|advaita-acarya, ara prabhu-nityananda
303|sri-hasta-sparse dunhara ha-ila ananda
304|SYNONYMS
305|advaita-acarya-Advaita Acarya; ara-and; prabhu-nityananda-
>|Lord Nityananda Prabhu; sri-hasta-sparse-by the touch of
>|the transcendental hand of Lord Caitanya; dunhara-of both
>|of Them; ha-ila-there was; ananda-transcendental bliss.
306|TRANSLATION
307|Similarly, when Advaita Acarya and Nityananda Prabhu felt
>|the touch of the transcendental hand of Sri Caitanya
>|Mahaprabhu, They were both very pleased.
308|Madhya 13.32
309|TEXT 32
310|TEXT
311|kirtaniya-gane dila malya-candana
312|svarupa, srivasa,-yahan mukhya dui-jana
313|SYNONYMS
314|kirtaniya-gane-unto the performers of sankirtana; dila-gave;
>| malya-candana-garlands and sandalwood pulp; svarupa-
>|Svarupa; srivasa-Srivasa; yahan-where; mukhya-principal;
>|dui-jana-two persons.
315|TRANSLATION
316|The Lord also gave garlands and sandalwood pulp to the
>|performers of sankirtana. The chief two performers
>|were Svarupa Damodara and Srivasa Thakura.
317|Madhya 13.33
318|TEXT 33
319|TEXT
320|cari sampradaye haila cabbisa gayana
321|dui dui mardangika haila asta jana
322|SYNONYMS
323|cari sampradaye-in the four parties; haila-there were;
>|cabbisa-twenty-four; gayana-performers of kirtana; dui dui-
>|two in each party; mardangika-players of mrdanga drums;
>|haila-there were; asta jana-eight persons.
324|TRANSLATION
325|There were altogether four parties of kirtana performers,
>|comprising twenty-four chanters. In each party there were
>|also two mrdanga players, making an additional eight
>|persons.
326|Madhya 13.34
327|TEXT 34
328|TEXT
329|tabe mahaprabhu mane vicara kariya
330|cari sampradaya dila gayana bantiya
331|SYNONYMS
332|tabe-after this; mahaprabhu-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; mane-
>|in the mind; vicara kariya-considering; cari sampradaya-
>|four parties; dila-gave; gayana bantiya-dividing the
>|singers.
333|TRANSLATION
334|When the four parties were formed, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu,
>|after some consideration, divided the chanters.
335|Madhya 13.35
336|TEXT 35
337|TEXT
338|nityananda, advaita, haridasa, vakresvare
339|cari jane ajna dila nrtya karibare
340|SYNONYMS
341|nityananda-Lord Nityananda; advaita-Advaita Acarya;
>|haridasa-Haridasa Thakura; vakresvare-Vakresvara Pandita;
>|cari jane-to these four persons; ajna dila-the Lord gave an
>|order; nrtya karibare-to dance.
342|TRANSLATION
343|Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu ordered Nityananda Prabhu, Advaita
>|Acarya, Haridasa Thakura and Vakresvara Pandita to dance in
>|each of the four respective parties.
344|Madhya 13.36
345|TEXT 36
346|TEXT
347|prathama sampradaye kaila svarupa-pradhana
348|ara panca-jana dila tanra paligana
349|SYNONYMS
350|prathama sampradaye-in the first party; kaila-fixed;
>|svarupa-Svarupa Damodara; pradhana-as the chief; ara-
>|another; panca-jana-five persons; dila-gave; tanra-his;
>|paligana-responders.
351|TRANSLATION
352|Svarupa Damodara was chosen as the leader of the first
>|party and was given five assistants to respond to his
>|chanting.
353|Madhya 13.37
354|TEXT 37
355|TEXT
356|damodara, narayana, datta govinda
357|raghava pandita, ara sri-govindananda
358|SYNONYMS
359|damodara-Damodara Pandita; narayana-Narayana; datta govinda-
>|Govinda Datta; raghava pandita-Raghava Pandita; ara-and;
>|sri-govindananda-Sri Govindananda.
360|TRANSLATION
361|The five who responded to the singing of Svarupa Damodara