172 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 13
dicé temple corresponded to Srimati Radharani’s leading Krsna toward Vendavana.
Sri Ksetra, Jagannatha Puri, was taken as the kingdom of Dvaraka, the place where
Krsna enjoys supreme opulence. However, He was being led by Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu to Vrndavana, the simple village where all the inhabitants are filled
with ecstatic love for Krsna. Sri Ksetra is a place of aigvarya-lila, just as Vindavana
is the place of madhurya-lila. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s following at the rear of
the ratha indicated that Lord Jagannatha, Krsna, was forgetting the inhabitants of
Vrndavana. Although Krsna neglected the inhabitants of Vrndavana, He could not
forget them. Thus in His opulent Ratha-yatra, He was returning to Vrndavana. In
the role of Srimati Radharani, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was examining whether
the Lord still remembered the inhabitants of Vrndavana. When Caitanya
Mahdaprabhu fell behind the Ratha car, Jagannatha-deva, Krsna Himself, under-
stood the mind of Srimati Radharani. Therefore, Jagannatha sometimes fell behind
the dancing Sti Caitanya Mahaprabhu to indicate to Srimati Radharani that He had
not forgotten. Thus Lord Jagannatha would wait on the ratha for their forward
march. In this way Lord Jagannatha agreed that without the ecstasy of Srimati
Radharani He could not feel satisfied. While Jagannatha was thus waiting, Gaura-
sundara, Caitanya Mahaprabhu, in His ecstasy of Srimati Radharani, immediately
came forward to Krsna. At such times, Lord Jagannatha would proceed ahead very
slowly. These competitive exchanges were all part of the love affair between
Krsna and Srimati Radhardni. In that competition between Lord Caitanya’s ecstasy
for Jagannatha and Jagannatha’s ecstasy for Srimati Radharani, Caitanya
Mahaprabhu emerged successful.
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nacite nacite prabhura haila bhavantara
hasta tuli’ sloka pade kari’ uccaih-svara
SYNONYMS

nacite ndcite—while dancing; prabhura—of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; haila—
there was; bhava-antara—a change of ecstasy; hasta tuli’—raising the arms; sloka
pade—recites one verse; kari’—making; uccaih-svara—loud voice.

TRANSLATION

While Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was dancing, His ecstasy changed. Raising

His two arms, He began to recite the following verse in a loud voice.
