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The Lord’s Dancing at Ratha-yātrā
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TEXT 822
উদ্দুক্ত নৃত্য প্রভু করিয়া ছঙ্কার । চক্র-ভ্রমি ভ্রমে ধৈছে অলাভ-আকার ॥ ৮২ ॥
uddaṇḍa nṛtya prabhu kariyā huṅkāra cakra-bhrami bhrame yaiche alāta-ākāra
SYNONYMS
uddaṇḍa —jumping;  nṛṭya —dancing;  prabhu —Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  kariyā —making;  huṅkāra —loud vibration;  cakra-bhrami —making a circular movement like a wheel;  bhrame —moves;  yaiche —as if;  alāta-ākāra —circle of fire.
TRÁNSLATION
When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu danced and jumped high, roaring like thunder and moving in a circle like a wheel, He appeared like a circling firebrand.
PURPORT
If a burning cinder of a firebrand is whirled about very swiftly, it gives the appearance of a circle of fire. This is called  alāta-ākāra , or a firebrand circle. This whole circle is not actually made of fire but is a single fire in motion. Similarly, Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is a single personality, but when He danced and jumped high in a circle, He appeared like the  alāta-cakra .
TEXT 83
নৃত্যে প্রভুর যাহাঁ যাঁছা পড়ে পদতল । সসাগর-শৈল মহী করে টলমল ॥ ৮৩ ॥
nțiye prabhura yāhāṅ yāṅhā paḍe pada-tala sasāgara-śaila mahī kare ṭalamala
SYNONYMS
nŗtye —while dancing;  prabhura —of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  yāhāṅ yāṅhā —wherever;  paḍe —steps;  pada-tala —His foot;  sa-sāgara —with the oceans;  śaila —hills and mountains;  mahī —the earth;  kare —does;  ṭalamala —tilting.
TRANSLATION
Wherever Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu stepped while dancing, the whole earth, with its hills and seas, appeared to tilt.