Holy visit of S. Bhaktivedanta Abadutta Maharaj

CC Madhya 13.1: May the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Krishna Caitanya, who danced in front of the car of Sri Jagannatha, be all glorified! By seeing His dancing, not only was the whole universe held in wonder, but Lord Jagannatha Himself became very much astonished.

CC Madhya 13.2: All glories to Sri Krishna Caitanya and Prabhu Nityananda! All glories to Advaitacandra! And all glories to the devotees of Lord Sri CaitanyaMahaprabhu!

CC Madhya 13.3: All glories to the listeners of Sri Caitanya-caritamrita! Please hear the description of the dancing of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu at theRatha-yatra festival. His dancing is very enchanting. Please hear of it with great attention.

CC Madhya 13.4: The next day, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His personal associates got up in the dark and attentively took their early-morning baths.

CC Madhya 13.5: Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His personal associates then went to see the ceremony of Pandu-vijaya. During this ceremony, LordJagannatha leaves His throne and gets up onto the car.

CC Madhya 13.6: King Prataparudra in person, as well as his entourage, allowed the Pandu-vijaya ceremony to be seen by all the associates of Sri CaitanyaMahaprabhu.

CC Madhya 13.7: Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His prominent devotees -- Advaita Acarya, Nityananda Prabhu and others -- were very happy to observe how Lord Jagannatha began the Ratha-yatra.

CC Madhya 13.8: The very strongly built dayitas [carriers of the Jagannatha Deity] were as powerful as drunken elephants. They manually carried LordJagannatha from the throne to the car.

CC Madhya 13.9: While carrying the Deity of Lord Jagannatha, some of the dayitas took hold of the shoulders of the Lord, and some caught His lotus feet.