vidÄya samaya prabhu kahilÄ sabÄre
pratyabda Äsibe sabe guṇá¸icÄ dekhibÄre

 vidÄya - departing; samaya - at the time; prabhu - the Lord; kahilÄ - said; sabÄre - unto everyone; pratyabda - every year; Äsibe - you should come; sabe - all; guṇá¸icÄ - Guṇá¸icÄ; dekhibÄre - to see.


Text

At the time of departure, the Lord requested all the devotees, “Please come here every year to see the Ratha-yÄtrÄ festival of Lord JagannÄtha’s journey to the Guṇá¸icÄ temple.â€

Purport

There is a temple named Guṇá¸icÄ at SundarÄcala. Lord JagannÄtha, Baladeva and SubhadrÄ are pushed in their three cars from the temple in PurÄ« to the Guṇá¸icÄ temple in SundarÄcala. In Orissa, this Ratha-yÄtrÄ festival is known as JagannÄtha’s journey to Guṇá¸icÄ. Whereas others speak of it as the Ratha-yÄtrÄ festival, the residents of Orissa refer to it as Guṇá¸icÄ-yÄtrÄ.