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Dressing himself as a Vaiṣṇava, MahÄrÄja PratÄparudra entered the garden at Balagaṇá¸i alone and began reciting verses from ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam. He then took the opportunity to massage the lotus feet of ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu. The Lord, in His ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa, immediately embraced the King and thus bestowed mercy upon him. When there was an offering of prasÄdam in the garden, Lord Caitanya also partook of it. After this, when Lord JagannÄtha’s ratha car stopped moving, King PratÄparudra called for many elephants to pull it, but they were unsuccessful. Seeing this, Lord Caitanya began to push the car from behind with His head, and the car began moving. Then the devotees began pulling the car with ropes. Near the Guṇá¸icÄ temple is a place known as Ä€iá¹­oá¹­Ä. This place was fixed up for ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu to rest in. When Lord JagannÄtha was seated at SundarÄcala, ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu saw it as Vá¹›ndÄvana. He performed sporting pastimes in the water of the lake known as Indradyumna. For nine continuous days during Ratha-yÄtrÄ, the Lord remained at SundarÄcala, and on the fifth day He and SvarÅ«pa DÄmodara observed the pastimes of Laká¹£mÄ«, the goddess of fortune. During that time, there was much talk about the pastimes of the gopÄ«s. When the ratha was again being drawn and the chanting resumed, two devotees from KulÄ«na-grÄma — RÄmÄnanda Vasu and SatyarÄja KhÄn — were requested to bring silk ropes every year for the Ratha-yÄtrÄ ceremony.