Text 83] The Lord’s Dancing at Ratha-yatra 155

TEXT 82

Owe FSs Cg shiM Geta |
BaP-Sly GCA CICS WETS- AFIS NX

uddanda nrtya prabhu kariyd hunkara
cakra-bhrami bhrame yaiche aldta-akara

SYNONYMS

uddanda—jumping; nrtya—dancing; prabhu—Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
kariya—making; hunkara—loud vibration; cakra-bhrami—making a_ circular
movement like a wheel; bhrame—moves; yaiche—as if; aldta-akara—circle of
fire.

TRANSLATION

When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu danced and jumped high, roaring like
thunder and moving in a circle like a wheel, He appeared like a circling fire-
brand.

PURPORT

If a burning cinder of a firebrand is whirled about very swiftly, it gives the ap-
pearance of a circle of fire. This is called alata-akara, or a firebrand circle. This
whole circle is not actually made of fire but is a single fire in motion. Similarly, Lord
Sti Caitanya Mahaprabhu is a single personality, but when He danced and jumped
high in a circle, He appeared like the alata-cakra.

TEXT 83
FOS ASA Wl Teal ACG ATS |
AAta-CHeA TSY SCA DAAT Nv I

nrtye prabhura yahan yanhd pade pada-tala
sasdgara-saila mahi kare talamala

SYNONYMS
nrtye—while dancing; prabhura—of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; yahan yanha—
wherever; pade—steps; pada-tala—His foot; sa-sagara—with the oceans; saila—
hills and mountains; mahi—the earth; kare—does; talamala—tilting.

TRANSLATION

Wherever Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu stepped while dancing, the whole
earth, with its hills and seas, appeared to tilt.
