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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.244
আর দিনে জগন্নাথের ভিতর-বিজয় ।
রথে চড়ি’ জগন্নাথ চলে নিজালয় ॥ ২৪৪ ॥
āra dine jagannāthera bhitara-vijaya
rathe caḍi’ jagannātha cale nijālaya
The next day Lord Jagannātha came out from the temple and, riding on the car, returned to His own abode.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The next day, Lord Jagannātha came out from the temple.
He rode on the car.
He returned to His own abode.
Intimacy and ecstatic play. Mercy to Pratāparudra and discussion of the gopīs reveal deep relational sweetness.
The mood of Madhya 14 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:
During that time, there was much talk about the pastimes of the gopīs. When the ratha was again being drawn and the chanting resumed, two devotees from Kulīna-grāma — Rāmānanda Vasu and Satyarāja Khān — were requested to bring silk ropes every year for the Ratha-yātrā ceremony.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 14
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How would you describe Lord Jagannātha’s return using the details given here?
Spend a quiet moment remembering Lord Jagannātha riding on the car back to His own abode.
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