Text 55]
Performance of the Vrndāvana Pastimes
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TRANSLATION
The elephants, being beaten by the elephant-goad, were crying, but still the car would not move. The assembled people cried out, “Alas!”
TEXT 54
তেনে মহাপ্রাপ্ত সব হস্তী মূচাইল ।।
নিজগণে রথ-কাছি টানিবারে দিল ॥ ৫৪ ॥
tabe mahāprabhu saba hastī ghucāila
nija-gaṇe ratha-kāchi ṭānibāre dila
SYNONYMS
tabe —at that time;  mahāprabhu —Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  saba —all;  hastī —the elephants;  ghucāila —let free;  nija-gaṇe —to His own men;  ratha-kāchi —the rope of the car;  ṭānibāre dila —gave to pull.
TRANSLATION
At that time, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu let all the elephants go free and placed the car’s ropes in the hands of His own men.
Text 55
আপনে রথের পাছে ঠেলে মাথা দিয়া।।
হড় হড় করি , রথ চলিল ধাইয়া  || ৫৫ ||
āpane rathera pāche ṭhele māthā diyā haḍ haḍ kari, ratha calila dhāiyā
SYNONYMS
āpane —personally;  rathera pāche —at the back of the car;  ṭhele —pushes;  māthā diyā —with His head;  haḍ haḍ kari —making a rattling sound;  ratha —the car;  calila —began to move;  dhāiyā —running.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then went to the back of the car and began to push with His head. It was then that the car began to move and ramble along, making a rattling sound.