Text 62) The Beda-kirtana Pastimes 243

rajare prabodhiya bhatta geld nijalaya
snana-yatra-dine prabhura dnanda hrdaya

SYNONYMS
rajare—the King; prabodhiya—encouraging; bhatta—Sarvabhauma_Bhat-
tacarya; gela—departed; nija-alaya—to his own home; sndana-yatra-dine—on the
day of the bathing ceremony of Lord Jagannatha; prabhura—of Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu; ananda—full of happiness; hrdaya—heart.

TRANSLATION

After thus encouraging the King, Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya returned home.
On the day of Lord Jagannatha’s bathing ceremony, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
was very happy at heart.

TEXT 62

Biaaial cHfy eiga Cea aw Ba |
BACAA ‘HAAACA’ ASeT AG Fea i v2

snana-yatra dekhi’ prabhura haila bada sukha
isvarera ‘anavasare’ paila bada duhkha

SYNONYMS

snana-yatra—the bathing ceremony of Lord Jagannatha; dekhi’—seeing;
prabhura—of Lord Sti Caitanya Mahaprabhu; haila—became; bada—very much;
sukha—happiness; isvarera—of the Lord; anavasare—during the pastime of
retirement; pdila—got; bada—very much; duhkha—unhappiness.

TRANSLATION

After seeing the bathing ceremony of Lord Jagannatha, Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu became very happy. But when Lord Jagannatha retired after the
ceremony, Lord Caitanya became very unhappy because He could not see
Him.

PURPORT

After the bathing ceremony of Sri Jagannatha, which takes place just a fortnight
before the Ratha-yatra ceremony, the body of the Lord Jagannatha Deity is
repainted, and this takes just about a fortnight to complete. This period is called
Anavasara. There are many who visit the temple to see Lord Jagannatha regularly
every day, and for them His retirement after the bathing ceremony is unbearable.
