CHAPTER 13
The Ecstatic Dancing of the Lord at Ratha-yātrā
A summary of this chapter is given by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Țhākura in his  Amṛta-pra-vāha-bhāṣya  as follows. After bathing early in the morning, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw the Deities (Jagannātha, Baladeva and Subhadrā) get aboard. Their three carts. This function is called Pāṇḍu-vijaya. At that time, King Pra-tāparudra took a broom with a golden handle and began to cleanse the road. Lord Jagannātha took permission from the goddess of fortune and then started in the car for the Guṇḍicā 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  gauḍas  began to pull the cars. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu divided His  saṅkīrtana  party into seven divisions. With two  mṛdaṅgas  in each division, there were altogether fourteen  mṛdaṅgas . While performing  kīrtana , Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu exhibited various symptoms of transcendental ecstasy, and Jagannātha and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu exchanged. Their feelings very blissfully. When the cars reached the place known as Balagaṇḍi, the devotees offered the Deities simple food. At this time, in a nearby garden, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His devotees took a brief rest from the dancing.
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স জীয়াৎ কৃষ্ণচৈতন্য: শ্রীরথান্বে ননর্ত ব:।।
ચેનાગૌચ્ચગ  તાર  પ્રિન્ટ જગન્નાથપદિ વિશ્વિત: II S II
sa jīyāt krṣṇa-caitanyaḥ śrī-rathāgre nanarta yaḥ yenāsīj jagatāṁ citraṁ jagannātho ‘pi vismitaḥ
SYNONYMS
saḥ —He;  jīyāt —may live long;  kṛṣṇa-caitanyaḥ —Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  śrī-ratha-agre —in the front of the car;  nanarta —danced;  yaḥ —who;  yena —by whom;  āsīt —there was;  jagatām —of the whole universe;
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