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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.48
বিদায় সময় প্রভু কহিলা সবারে ।
প্রত্যব্দ আসিবে সবে গুণ্ডিচা দেখিবারে ॥ ৪৮ ॥
vidāya samaya prabhu kahilā sabāre
pratyabda āsibe sabe guṇḍicā dekhibāre
At the time of departure, the Lord requested all the devotees, “Please come here every year to see the Ratha-yātrā festival of Lord Jagannātha’s journey to the Guṇḍicā temple.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
At their departure, the Lord requested the devotees to return every year to see the Ratha-yātrā festival.
Lord Jagannātha, Baladeva and Subhadrā travel in three cars from the temple in Purī to the Guṇḍicā temple at Sundarācala.
The residents of Orissa call this festival Guṇḍicā-yātrā, or Jagannātha’s journey to Guṇḍicā.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Anticipation and hidden longing. The author previews later pastimes, including the inner Vraja mood expressed at Ratha-yātrā.
The mood of Madhya 1 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
All of these are described in brief. There is also a description of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s ecstasy that occurred when He recited the verse beginning yaḥ kaumāra-haraḥ, as well as a description of how that ecstasy was explained in the verse beginning priyaḥ so ’yaṁ kṛṣṇaḥ, by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 1
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In this verse: “festival”, “ratha-yātrā”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the Lord’s invitation to return every year help me appreciate about this festival?
Write a short description of the festival, naming its destination and its two names.
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