Text 194] The Lord’s Dancing at Ratha-yatra 215

TEXT 193

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wataie ae aie cacy otfaca Acq I Smo It

caliyd dila ratha ‘balagandi* sthane
jagannatha ratha rakhi’ dekhe dahine vame

SYNONYMS

caliya—moving; dila—came; ratha—the car; balagandi-sthane—at the place
known as Balagandi; jagannatha—Lord Jagannatha; ratha—car; rakhi’—after stop-
ping; dekhe—sees; dahine vame—left and right.

TRANSLATION

When they reached the place called Balagandi, Lord Jagannatha stopped His
car and began to look left and right.

TEXT 194

atca—faareriaa’, aifacaa-aat |
Bifaca GS Acmista Cla FAA | 938

vame — ‘vipra-sasana’ narikela-vana
dahine ta’ puspodyadna yena vrndavana

SYNONYMS

vame—on the left; vipra-saésana—the place known as vipra-sdsana; ndrikela-
vana—coconut grove; dahine—on the right side; ta’—indeed; puspa-udydna—
flower gardens; yena—as if; vrndavana—Vrndavana.

TRANSLATION

On the left side, Lord Jagannatha saw the neighborhood of brahmanas
known as vipra-sasana and the coconut tree grove. On the right side, He saw
nice flower gardens resembling those in the holy place Vrndavana.

PURPORT

Vipra-sasana is a name generally used in the Orissa province for the quarters
where brahmanas live.
