Text 55] Performance of the Vrndavana Pastimes 251

TRANSLATION

The elephants, being beaten by the elephant-goad, were crying, but still the
car would not move. The assembled people cried out, ‘‘Alas!’’

TEXT 54

SCA AVI AA SBT YUNA |
faraice ae-sife Bifiatca fre u cB 0

tabe mahaprabhu saba hasti ghucdila
nija-gane ratha-kachi tanibare dila

SYNONYMS

tabe —at that time; mahaprabhu —sri Caitanya Mahdprabhu; saba—all; hasti—
the elephants; ghucdila—let free; nija-gane—to His own men; ratha-kachi—the
rope of the car; tanibare dila—gave to pull.

TRANSLATION

At that time, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu let all the elephants go free and
placed the car’s ropes in the hands of His own men.

TEXT 55

BrACA ATLA ACS cdcot ale fra |
2B _2y_ afg, aq pf NH Nee |

dpane rathera pache thele mathda diya
had had kari, ratha calila dhaiya

SYNONYMS
apane—personally; rathera pache—at the back of the car; thele—pushes;
mathd diya—with His head; had had kari—making a rattling sound; ratha—the
car; calila—began to move; dhaiya—running.

TRANSLATION

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then went to the back of the car and began to
push with His head. It was then that the car began to move and ramble along,
making a rattling sound.
