Temple Timings
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8:30am – 11:00am
3:30pm – 8:00pm
Śrīvāsa Paṇḍita came there to see what was happening. The four of them then left Jagannātha Miśra’s house and proceeded to Śrīvāsa’s courtyard, two hundred meters to the north. With a joyful mind, Nityānanda Prabhu showed this to Jīva.
Jīva was agitated with love as he remembered the Lord’s pastimes, and he rolled on the ground in Śrīvāsa’s courtyard. Then, just as Jīva was getting up, he saw Gaurāṅga dancing wonderfully amidst His intimate associates in saṅkīrtana. Advaita, Nityānanda, Gadādhara, and Haridāsa were dancing and singing. And they were joined by Śuklāmbara and hundreds of others. Seeing this, Jīva became unconscious with ecstatic love.
Regaining his consciousness, he could no longer see that pastime. Jīva Gosvāmī began to cry and lament, “Why couldn’t I have taken birth a little earlier? I have not been fortunate enough to enjoy the bliss of such kīrtana! Nityānanda’s mercy is unlimited, however, for by His grace I have been fortunate for a moment’s time. My wish is to stay here forever so that the troubles of material existence will go far away. But the Lord’s order is stronger than the servant’s wish! My heart is beating wildly at the thought of leaving Māyāpur!”
(Sri Navadvipa-Dhama-Mahatmya, Chapter 5)