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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[[Madhya-lilā, Ch. 13]
dicā temple corresponded to Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī's leading Kṛṣṇa toward Vṛndāvana. Śrī Kṣetra, Jagannātha Purī, was taken as the kingdom of Dvārakā, the place where Kṛṣṇa enjoys supreme opulence. However, He was being led by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to Vṛndāvana, the simple village where all the inhabitants are filled with ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa. Śrī Kṣetra is a place of  aiśvarya-lilā , just as Vṛndāvana is the place of  mādhurya-lilā . Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's following at the rear of the  ratha  indicated that Lord Jagannātha, Kṛṣṇa, was forgetting the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana. Although Kṛṣṇa neglected the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana, He could not forget them. Thus in His opulent Ratha-yātrā, He was returning to Vṛndāvana. In the role of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was examining whether the Lord still remembered the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana. When Caitanya Mahāprabhu fell behind the Ratha car, Jagannātha-deva, Kṛṣṇa Himself, understood the mind of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. Therefore, Jagannātha sometimes fell behind the dancing Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to indicate to Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī that He had not forgotten. Thus Lord Jagannātha would wait on the  ratha  for their forward march. In this way Lord Jagannātha agreed that without the ecstasy of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī He could not feel satisfied. While Jagannātha was thus waiting, Gaurasundara, Caitanya Mahāprabhu, in His ecstasy of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, immediately came forward to Kṛṣṇa. At such times, Lord Jagannātha would proceed ahead very slowly. These competitive exchanges were all part of the love affair between Kṛṣṇa and Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. In that competition between Lord Caitanya's ecstasy for Jagannātha and Jagannātha's ecstasy for Śrīm
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নাচিতে নাচিতে প্রভুর হৈলা ভাবাম্ভর । 
হস্ত তুলি’ শ্লোক পড়ে করি’ উচ্চৈঃস্বর ॥ ১২০ ॥
nācite nācite prabhura hailā bhāvāntara hasta tuli' śloka paḍe kari' uccaiḥ-svara
SYNONYMS
nācite   nācite —while dancing;  prabhura —of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  hailā —there was;  bhāva-antara —a change of ecstasy;  hasta tuli' —raising the arms;  śloka paḍe —recites one verse;  kari' —making;  uccaiḥ-svara —loud voice.
TRANSLATION
While Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was dancing, His ecstasy changed. Raising His two arms, He began to recite the following verse in a loud voice.