Text 50) The Later Pastimes of Lord Caitanya 35
SYNONYMS
vidaya—departing; samaya—at the time; prabhu—the Lord; kahila—said;
sabadre—unto everyone; pratyabda—every year; dsibe—you should come;
sabe—all; gundica—of the name Gundicd; dekhibare—to see.
TRANSLATION
At the time of departure, the Lord requested all the devotees, ‘(Please
come here every year to see the Ratha-yatra festival of Lord Jagannatha’s
journey to the Gundica temple.”
PURPORT
There is a temple named Gundicd at Sundaracala. Lord Jagannatha,
Baladeva and Subhadra are pushed in Their three carts from the temple in Purt
to the Gundicad temple in Sundardcala. In Orissa, this Ratha-yatra festival is
known as Jagannatha’s journey to Gundicad. Whereas others speak of it as the
Ratha-yatra festival, the residents of Orissa refer to it as Gundica-yatra.
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prabhu-ajfiaya bhakta-gana pratyabda asiya
gundica dekhiyd ya’na prabhure miliya
SYNONYMS
prabhu-ajfiaya—upon the order of Lord $ri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; bhakta-
gana—all the devotees; pratyabda—every year; dsiya—coming there; gun-
dica—the festival of Gundicad-yatra; dekhiya—seeing; ya’na—return;
prabhure—the Lord; miliyi—meeting.
TRANSLATION
Following the order of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, all the devotees used
to visit Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu every year. They would see the Gun-
dica festival at Jagannatha Puri and then return home after four months.
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