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sri-rupa-raghunatha-pade yara asa
caitanya-caritamrta kahe krsnadasa
SYNONYMS
sri-rupa—Srila Rupa Gosvami; raghunatha—Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami; pade—at the lotus feet; yara—whose; asa—expectation; caitanya-caritamrta—the book named Caitanya-caritamrta; kahe—describes; krsnadasa—Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami.
Praying at the lotus feet of Sri Rupa and Sri Raghunatha, always desiring their mercy, I, Krsnadasa, narrate Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, following in their footsteps.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports to Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila, Chapter Twelve, describing the washing and cleansing of the Gundica temple.
The Ecstatic Dancing of the Lord at Ratha-yatra A summary of this chapter is given by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura in his Amrta-pravaha-bhasya as follows.
After bathing early in the morning, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu saw the Deities (Jagannatha, Baladeva and Subhadra) get aboard Their three carts.
This function is called Pandu-vijaya.
At that time, King Prataparudra took a broom with a golden handle and began to cleanse the road.
Lord Jagannatha took permission from the goddess of fortune and then started in the car for the Gundica 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 gaudas began to pull the cars.
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu divided His sankirtana party into seven divisions.
With two mrdangas in each division, there were altogether fourteen mrdangas While performing kirtana, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu exhibited various symptoms of transcendental ecstasy, and Jagannatha and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu exchanged Their feelings very blissfully.
When the cars reached the place known as Balagandi, the devotees offered the Deities simple food.
At this time, in a nearby garden, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His devotees took a brief rest from the dancing.