Jagannatha
Swami
When
Lord Jagannatha is worshipped without Balarama &
Subhadra He is Patita-pavana, the deliverer of the
fallen. He was the principal Deity of Bhaktivinoda
Thakura's ancestors for four hundred years. The
worship of Lord Jagannatha along with Gaura-Gadadhara
represents a very special conception. We may see
Lord Jagannatha as Dvarkadisa Krsna in a particular
mood of ecstacy in remembering Vrndavana.
sri-rathagra-bhakta-gita-divya-narttanadbhutam
yatri-patra-mitra-rudraraja-hrccamatkrtam
gundicagamadi-tattva-rupa-kavya-sancaram
prema-dhama-devam eva naumi gaura-sundaram
Surrounded by innumerable devotees, Lord Gaurasundara displayed His divine and wonderful dancing figure in front of the Rathayatra cart while performing congregational chanting of the Lord's holy names. The Lord's personality totally charmed the hearts of Prataparudra Maharaja, the assembled pilgrims, and all the other dear friends of the King. The Lord also revealed the inner purport of Lord Jagannatha's pastime of riding the cart to the Gundica temple when He mentioned the verse by Srila Rupa Gosvami:
priyah so'yam krsnah sahacari kuru-ksetra-militas
tathaham sa radha tad idam ubhayoh sangama sukham
tathapy antah khelan-madhura-murali-pancama-juse
mano me kalindi-pulina-vipinaya sprhayati
"O My dear friend, now I am at last reunited with My most beloved Krsna in Kuruksetra. I am the same Radharani, and He is the same Krsna. We are enjoying Our meeting, but still I wish to return to the banks of the Kalindi, where I could hear the sweet melody of His flute sounding the fifth note beneath the trees of the Vrndavana forest." I fall at the feet of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the Golden Volcano of Divine Love.
Jagannatha / Gaura-Gadadhara arati song — Sung daily at Mangala arati.
Jagannatha Installation Talk: Installation lecture by Svami B. G. Narasingha available in MP3 Format.