Text 119] The Lord’s Dancing at Ratha-yatra 171
gaura yadi pache cale, syama haya sthire
gaura age cale, syama cale dhire-dhire
SYNONYMS
gaura—Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; yadi—if; pache cale—goes behind; syama—
Jagannatha; haya—becomes; sthire—still; gaura—Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; age
cale—goes forward; syama—Lord Jagannatha; cale—goes; dhire-dhire —slowly.
TRANSLATION
When Caitanya Mahaprabhu was dramatically enacting the song, He would
sometimes fall behind in the procession. At such times, Lord Jagannatha
would come to a standstill. When Caitanya Mahaprabhu again went forward,
Lord Jagannatha’s car would slowly start again.
TEXT 119
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ei-mata gaura-syame, donhe thelatheli
svarathe sydmere rakhe gaura mahd-bali
SYNONYMS
ei-mata—in this way; gaura-syame—Lord Jagannatha and Lord Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu; donhe—between both of Them; thelatheli—competition of push-
ing forward; sva-rathe —in His own car; syamere—Lord Jagannatha; rakhe—
keeps; gaura—Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; mahd-bali—greatly powerful.
TRANSLATION
Thus there was a sort of competition between Caitanya Mahaprabhu and
Lord Jagannatha in seeing who would lead, but Caitanya Mahaprabhu was so
strong that He made Lord Jagannatha wait in His car.
PURPORT
After giving up the company of the gopis in Vrndavana, Sri Krsna, the son of
Maharaja Nanda, engaged in His pastimes at Dvaraka. When Krsna went to Kuruk-
setra with His brother and sister and others from Dvaraka, He again met the in-
habitants of Vrndavana. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is radha-bhdava-dyuti-suvalita,
that is, Krsna Himself assuming the part of Srimati Radharani in order to under-
stand Krsna. Lord Jagannatha-deva is Krsna, and Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu is
Srimati Radharani. Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s leading Lord Jagannatha toward Gun-
