Text 20] The Lord’s Dancing at Ratha-yatra 123

by the mercy of the Lord and the guru. By the Lord’s mercy one gets the associa-
tion of a bona fide guru, and by the mercy of the guru, one gets a chance to
render devotional service. Devotional service, the science of bhakti-yoga, carries
one from this material world to the spiritual world.

TEXT 19

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rathera sajani dekhi’ loke camatkara
nava hemamaya ratha—— sumeru-akara

SYNONYMS

rathera—of the car; sdajani—decoration; dekhi’—by seeing; loke—everyone;
camatkdra—astonished; nava—new; hema-maya—golden; ratha—chariot car;
sumeru-akara—as high as the mountain Sumeru.

TRANSLATION

Everyone was astonished to see the decorations on the Ratha car. The car
appeared to be newly made of gold, and it was as high as Mount Sumeru.

PURPORT

In the year 1973 there was a gorgeous Ratha-yatra festival in London, England,
and the car was brought to Trafalgar Square. The London daily newspaper the
Guardian published a front-page photo caption: “ISKCON Ratha-yatra is rival to
the Nelson Column in Trafalgar Square.” The Nelson Column is a very impressive
statue of Lord Nelson and can be seen from a good distance. Just as the residents
of Puri compared the Ratha-yatra car to Mount Sumeru, the residents of London
considered the car rival to the Nelson Monument.

TEXT 20

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sata Sata su-camara-darpane ujjvala
upare pataka sobhe canidoya nirmala
