Text 115] The Lord’s Dancing at Ratha-yatra 169

PURPORT

This song refers to Srimati Radharani’s meeting with Krsna at the holy place of
Kuruksetra, where Lord Sri Krsna and His brother and sister came to visit when
there was a solar eclipse. It is a song of separation from Krsna. When Radharani
met Krsna at Kuruksetra, She remembered His intimate association in Vrndavana,
and She thought, “Now | have gained the Lord of my life. In His absence | was
being burned by the arrow of Cupid, and thus | was withering away. Now | have
My life again.”

TEXT 114

OR gal Boows aca TNT HITT |
SHAH ALT FSF BCAA HAA 1 998

ei dhuya uccaih-svare gaya damodara
dnande madhura nrtya karena isvara

SYNONYMS
ei dhuyad—this refrain; uccaih-svare—loudly; gaya—sings; damodara—Svartipa
Damodara; dnande—in great ecstasy; madhura—rhythmic; nrtya—dancing;
karena—performs; isvara—the Lord.

TRANSLATION

When this refrain was loudly sung by Svaripa Damodara, Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu again began rhythmically dancing in transcendental bliss.

TEXT 115

Wica Mica wetata Seaa tae |
Blcat FSI Sia? ocota MSTA AMA N dD¢ I

dhire dhire jagannatha karena gamana
age nrtya kari’ calena sacira nandana

SYNONYMS

dhire dhire—slowly, slowly; jagannatha—Lord Jagannatha; karena—does;
gamana—movement; 4ge—in front; nrtya—dancing; kari’—performing; calena—
goes forward; sacira nandana—the son of mother Saci.

TRANSLATION

The car of Lord Jagannatha began to move slowly while the son of mother
Saci went ahead and danced in front.
