THE ECSTATIC DANCING
OF THE LORD AT RATHA-YĀTRĀ
A summary of this chapter is
given by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura in his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya as follows.
After bathing early in the morning, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw the deities
(Jagannātha, Baladeva and Subhadrā) get aboard their three cars. This function
is called Pāṇḍu-vijaya. At that time, King Pratāparudra took a broom with a
golden handle and began to cleanse the road. Lord Jagannātha took permission
from the goddess of fortune and then started in the car for the Guṇḍicā temple.
The road to the temple led along a broad, sandy beach, and on both sides of the
road were residential quarters, houses and gardens. Along that road the
servants called gauḍas began to pull the cars. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu divided
His saṅkīrtana party into seven divisions. With two mṛdaṅgas in each division,
there were altogether fourteen mṛdaṅgas. While performing kīrtana, Śrī Caitanya
Mahāprabhu exhibited various symptoms of transcendental ecstasy, and Jagannātha
and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu exchanged Their feelings very blissfully. When the
cars reached the place known as Balagaṇḍi, the devotees offered the deities
simple food. At this time, in a nearby garden, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His
devotees took a brief rest from the dancing.
GOSPODINOVO ZANOSNO
PLESANJE NA RATHA - YĀTRI
Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura je u
svojoj Amṛta-Pravāha-Bhāṣyi sažeto opisao sadržaj ovog poglavlja na slijedeći
način. Nakon što se rano ujutro okupao, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu je vidio da Božanstva
Jagannātha, Baladeva i Subhadrā ulaze u Svoja kola. Ta ceremonija se zove Pāṇḍu-Vijaya.
Tada je kralj Pratāparudra uzeo metlu sa zlatnom drškom i počo čistiti put.
Gospodin Jagannātha je zamolio boginju sreće za dopuštenje i u kolima krenuo ka
Guṇḍicā templu. Put prema templu je vodio preko široke pjeskovite plaže. Sa obje
strane puta su se nalazile stambene četvrti, kuće i vrtovi. Sluge zvani gauḍe
su počeli vući kola po putu. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu je Svoju saṅkīrtana grupu
podijelio na sedam podgrupa.
Svaka podgrupa je imala dvije mṛdaṅge.
Tako su bhakte imali ukupno četrnaest mṛdaṅgi. Vodeći kīrtan, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu je ispoljio razne
simptome transcendentalnog zanosa. Jagannātha i Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu su vrlo
blaženo razmjenjivali Svoja osjećanja. Kada su kola došla do mjesta poznatog
kao Balagaṇḍi, bhakte su Božanstvima ponudili jednostavnu hranu. Tada su se Śrī
Caitanya Mahāprabhu i Njegovi bhakte u obližnjem vrtu kratko odmorili od
plesanja.
Madhya-līlā Chapter 13: The Ecstatic Dancing of the Lord
at Ratha-yātrā
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