


Everyone present there was surprised and the king had tears in his eyes, not out of sadness that his poem was not accepted but out of happiness that the bhagavan had graced him. As we behold the bhagavan in all its magnificence 'Shrivatshankam udara-kaustubha-dharam pitambaram sundaram", 'sreejaydeva bhaNitham idham adhbutha kesave keli rahasyam'. Wake up, my child.", with all the musical ghoshas playing, bells ringing, the door to the sanctum sanctorum was opened and all were extremely interested to see the outcome of this contest. Next day morning at the Suprabhatham time, "Uthishtothishta Govinda uthishta garudadhwaja Uthishta kamalakantha trilokyam mangalam kuru - "Sri Govinda! All the three worlds are under your rule they have to prosper. Guards were posted to look after the temple for this contest. The pandits as instructed by the king went to the sannadhi of bhagavan Sri Jagannathar and kept the poems at the feet of the bhagavan, closed the temple doors for the night and came back. Even today in the Puri Jagannathar temple, in the early morning suprabhatham hours, Gita Govindam is the daily suprabhataham. The Ashtapathi songs were then accepted to be sung at bhagavan Sri Jagannathar temple by Jayadevar. This poem dedicated to Sri Krishna as Krishnaarpanam, in the beginning itself its bhagavan Sri Jagannathar's name. Jayadevar has kept this in the heart, the nama of bhagavan Sri Jagannathar. What am I going to do when many people listen to this?" ok, they replied "if that's the case, you don't have to come to the kings court, why then don't you sing in Sri Jagannathars court?" Jayadevar definitely will accept this, why because the whole of Ashtapathi is on Jagannathar.ġst Ashtapathi itself is "jaya jagad-Isha hare". Immediately Jayadevar said, "I did this only for Hari preethi and not for Nara preethi. Thinking thus, they came to Jayadevar and put forth their idea. If it did come out many rasikas would be happier and enjoy them, wouldn't they? So they thought that they will call upon Jayadevar and honor him at the kings court. What a great poem, why this is not coming out, they thought, just like a shadow being cast on the forest. The children would then go to their homes and sing this as well as in the temples. Singing the divine Gita Govindam, the couple lived happily. Jayadevar was gratified with the Krishna darshanam.
