08 Jul 2024 morning walk – The Mood Revealed in the Ratha Yatra (English) | Sao Paolo, Brazil | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

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The Jagannatha Temple is self-manifest.
After the snana yatra, Lord Jagannatha wanted to travel to another place, so He goes to the Gundica Temple.
Prahlada Maharaja also performed Ratha Yatra with the Deity of Visnu, in Satya Yuga.
The change of place brings a change of mood to Jagannatha.
Lord Caitanya recites a verse that conveys his mood (parakiya-bhava).
Svarupa Damodara also recited this verse to stimulate Mahaprabhu’s mood. Srila Rupa Gosvami has written a verse in the same mood: priyaḥ so ‘yaṁ kṛṣṇaḥ saha-cari kuru-kṣetra-militas… (CC Antya-lila 1. 114).
In Kuruksetra and Dvaraka Krsna’s mood is different and His form is also different.
The Radha who came to Kuruksetra is samvyogini-Radha, an expansion of Radha.
Verse: devī kṛṣṇamayī proktā rādhikā para-devatā… (Bṛhad-gautamīya-tantra).
The mood of the gopis is in Kama Gayatri.
The gopis chastise Krsna exclusively for His pleasure. – The three types of love in Vraja: viveka-sunya-prema, visvarambha-prema and utkantha-mayi.
Verse: kāhāṅ mora prāṇa-nātha muralī-vadana…(CC Madhya-lila 2.14).
There are different types of prema and maan. The Ujjvala Nilamani reveals more deeply the meaning of the Ratha Yatra.
History of Gulala Kunda.