Ashtakaliya lila of Sri Caitanya MAhaprabhu

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Period 5 3;36-6pm afternoon pastimes

 

During the splendidly beautiful afternoon period , the Lord and His devotees

all become equally maddended in ecstatic love, and thus they expand ever

increasing waves of auspiscious benefit that ripple throughout all the three

worlds.In this mood ,they leave the gardens and travel back toward His

home.Along the way,He satisfies the eyes of all the townspeople,just as the

moon satisfies the cakora bird with its moonbeams.Reaching home,the Lord is

met at the door by His mother and lavished with loving attentions.I thus

meditate on the daily pastimes of Sri Gaura.

 

period 6 6pm to 8:24pm sunset pastimes

At dusk the Lord bathes with His dear friends in the Ganga,the river who flows

in three parts.They devoutly worship the Ganga,by offering ghee lamps,flowers

and other articles.Afterwards,the Lord puts on fresh silken

clothes and is adorned with flower garlands.Then He worships LordVisnu at home

by performing the evening artik cermony,offering ghee lamps and other

items.Later He and His friends partake of the foodstuffs and betel nuts that

were offered to Lord Visnu.I thus meditate on the daily pastimes of Sri Gaura.

 

YS

PAyonidhi das