344 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta {Madhya-lila, Ch. 14

TRANSLATION

Every year thereafter, when the Gundica temple was being cleansed,
Satyaraja and Ramananda Vasu would come with other devotees and with
great pleasure bring silken rope.

TEXT 254

Sea State aS’ afar Freep |
TNAG WA NVM Heasl SHAH |i 268 I

tabe jagannatha ydi’ vasild sirnhdsane
mahdaprabhu ghare dila laid bhakta-gane

SYNONYMS

tabe—thereafter; jagannatha—Lord Jagannatha; ydi’—going; vasila—sat;
simhasane—on His throne; mahdprabhu—Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; ghare—to
His residence; aila—went back; laid—taking; bhakta-gane—the devotees.

TRANSLATION

Thus Lord Jagannatha returned to His temple and sat on His throne while Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu returned to His residence with His devotees.

TEXT 255

GVAS SHA VA CAUSA |
SBate] Meal WarAAecH le CHA Lee I

ei-mata bhakta-gane yatrd dekhdila
bhakta-gana laid vrndavana-keli kaila

SYNONYMS

ei-mata—in this way; bhakta-gane—to all the devotees; yatra—the Ratha-
yatra festival; dekhdila—showed; bhakta-gana—the devotees; /afia—with;
vrndavana-keli—pastimes of Vrndavana; kaila—performed.

TRANSLATION

Thus Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu showed the Ratha-yatra ceremony to His
devotees and performed the Vrndavana pastimes with them.
