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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.5

পাণ্ডুবিজয় দেখিবারে করিল গমন ।

জগন্নাথ যাত্রা কৈল ছাড়ি’ সিংহাসন ॥ ৫ ॥

pāṇḍu-vijaya dekhibāre karila gamana

jagannātha yātrā kaila chāḍi’ siṁhāsana

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His personal associates then went to see the ceremony of Pāṇḍu-vijaya. During this ceremony, Lord Jagannātha leaves His throne and gets up onto the car.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Witness Lord Jagannātha’s Departure

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went with His personal associates to see the Pāṇḍu-vijaya ceremony.

  2. 2

    During this ceremony, Lord Jagannātha leaves His throne.

  3. 3

    Lord Jagannātha then gets up onto the car.

How it feels

Public ecstasy with inward longing. The festival’s collective joy carries the profound Vraja mood of meeting and separation.

The mood of Madhya 13 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 13: The Ecstatic Dancing of the Lord at Ratha-yātrā

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

This function is called Pāṇḍu-vijaya. At that time, King Pratāparudra took a broom with a golden handle and began to cleanse the road.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. pāṇḍu-vijayathe ceremony named Pāṇḍu-vijaya
  2. dekhibārefor seeing
  3. kariladid
  4. gamanago
  5. jagannāthaLord Jagannātha
  6. yātrādeparture
  7. kailadid
  8. chāḍi’leaving
  9. siṁhāsanathe throne
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association

    Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “associates”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does this verse help you understand about the Pāṇḍu-vijaya ceremony?

Practice

Read the translation and recall the two movements described: leaving the throne and getting onto the car.

Live this todayWitness Lord Jagannātha’s DepartureThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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