274 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 14
SYNONYMS
kalya—tomorrow; hera-paficami—the function of Hera-pafcami; habe—will
be; laksmira—of the goddess of fortune; vijaya—welcome; aiche—such; ut-
sava—festival; kara—perform; yena—as; kabhu—at any time; nahi haya—did
not take place.
TRANSLATION
“Tomorrow will be the function of Hera-pancami or Laksmi-vijaya. Hold
this festival in a way that it has never been held before.”
PURPORT
This Herd-paficami festival takes place five days after the Ratha-yatra festival.
Lord Jagannatha has left His wife, the goddess of fortune, and gone to Vrndavana,
which is the Gundica temple. Due to separation from the Lord, the goddess of for-
tune decides to come to see the Lord at Gundica. The coming of the goddess of
fortune to Gundica is celebrated by Hera-paficami. Sometimes this is misspelled as
Hara-paficami in the section known as ativadi. The word herd means “to see” and
refers to the goddess of fortune going to see Lord Jagannatha. The word paficami
means “the fifth day” and is used because this takes place on the fifth day of the
moon.
TEXT 108
acRlena +a Cece Facey oTETE |
cafe? Retetey CATE SA ALT I Sou I
mahotsava kara taiche visesa sambhara
dekhi’ mahdprabhura yaiche haya camatkdra
SYNONYMS
mahotsava—the festival; kara—perform; taiche—in such a way; visesa
sambhara—with great gorgeousness; dekhi’—after seeing; mahaprabhura—of
Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; yaiche—so that; haya—there is; camatkara—
astonishment.
TRANSLATION
King Prataparudra said, ‘Hold this festival in such a gorgeous way that upon
seeing it, Caitanya Mahaprabhu will be completely pleased and astonished.
