Text 68] The Lord’s Dancing at Ratha-yatra 147
SYNONYMS

bhakta-gana—all devotees; anubhave—could perceive; nahi jane—do not
know; dna—others; sri-bhagavata-sdstra—the revealed scripture Srimad-
Bhagavatam; tahate—in that connection; pramana—evidence.

TRANSLATION

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s dancing before the Ratha-yatra car could be
perceived only by pure devotees. Others could not understand. Descriptions
of Lord Krsna’s uncommon dancing can be found in the revealed scripture
Srimad-Bhagavatam.

PURPORT

Lord Sri Krsna expanded Himself into many forms while engaged in the rasa-lila
dance, and He also expanded Himself when He married 16,000 wives in Dvarakd.
The same process was adopted by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu when He expanded
Himself into seven forms to dance in each and every group of the sankirtana
party. These expansions were appreciated by pure devotees, including King Pra-
taparudra. Although for reasons of external formality Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
refused to see King Prataparudra because he was a king, King Prataparudra be-
came one of the Lord’s most confidential devotees by the Lord’s special mercy
upon Him. The King could see Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu simultaneously present in
all seven groups. As confirmed in Srimad-Bhagavatam, one cannot see the expan-
sions of the transcendental forms of the Lord unless one is a pure devotee of the
Lord.

TEXT 68
GRAS TAG BWA FB-ACH |
SMA HI CHS CLITA GAT Ve
ei-mata mahdaprabhu kare nrtya-range
bhasdila saba loka premera tararige
SYNONYMS

ei-mata—in this way; mahaprabhu—Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; kare—per-
forms; nrtya-range—dancing in great pleasure; bhdsdila—inundated; saba ~all:
loka—people; premera tararige—in waves of ecstatic love.

TRANSLATION

In this way Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu danced in great jubilation and inun-

dated all the people with waves of ecstatic love.
