Text 51]
Performance of the Vrndāvana Pastimes
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TRANSLATION
When the gaudas saw that they could not budge the car, they abandoned the attempt. Then the King arrived in great anxiety, and he was accompanied by his officers and friends.
TEXT 49
মহামল্লগণে   দিল রথ ঢালাইতে।।
আপনে নাগিলা রথ, না পারে টানিতে ॥ ৪৯ ॥
mahā-malla-gaṇe dila ratha cālāite
āpane lāgilā ratha, nā pāre ṭānite
SYNONYMS
mahā-malla-gaṇe —unto the big wrestlers;  dila —gave;  ratha —the car;  cālāite —to pull out;  āpane —personally;  lāgilā —engaged;  ratha —the car;  nā pāre tānite —could not move.
TRANSLATION
The King then arranged for big wrestlers to try to pull the car, and even the King himself joined in, but the car could not be moved.
TEXT 50
ব্যগ্র হঞ়া আনে রাজা মন্ত-হাতীগণ ।।
রথ চাঁলাইতে রথে করিল যোজন ॥ ৫০ ॥
vyagra hañā āne rājā matta-hātī-gaṇa ratha cālāite rathe karila yojana
SYNONYMS
vyagra hañā —with eagerness;  āne —brings;  rājā —the King;  matta-hātī-gaṇa —very strong elephants;  ratha cālāite —to make the car move;  rathe —to the car;  karila yojana —harnessed.
TRANSLATION
Becoming even more eager to move the car, the King had very strong elephants brought forth and harnessed to it.
TEXT 51
মান্ডু-হুম্ভিগণ টানে যার যত বল ।।
এক পদ না চলে রথ, হইল অচল ॥ ৫১ ॥