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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Antya-līlā, Ch. 16]
TRANSLATION
On the northern side of the Simha-dvāra, behind the door, there are twenty-two steps leading to the temple, and at the bottom of those steps is a ditch.
TEXT 42
সেই গাড়ে করেন প্রভু পাদ-প্রক্ষালনে । তবে করিবারে যায় ঈশ্বর-দরশনে ॥ ৪২ ॥
sei gāḍe karena prabhu pāda-prakṣālane tabe karibāre yāya īśvara-daraśane
SYNONYMS
sei gāḍe —in that ditch;  karena —does;  prabhu —Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  pāda-prakṣālane —washing the feet;  tabe —thereafter;  karibāre —to do;  yāya —He goes;  īśvara-daraśane —to visit Lord Jagannātha.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu would wash His feet in this ditch, and then He would enter the temple to see Lord Jagannātha.
TEXT 43
গোবিন্দেরে মহাপ্রভু কৈরাছে নিয়ম । ‘মোর পাদজল যেন না লয় কোন জন’ ॥ ৪৩ ॥
govindere mahāprabhu kairāche niyama ‘mora pāda-jala yena nā laya kona jana’
SYNONYMS
govindere —unto Govinda;  mahāprabhu —Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  kairāche —has given;  niyama —a regulative principle;  mora —My;  pāda-jala —water from washing the feet;  yena —that;  nā laya —does not take;  kona jana —anyone.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu ordered His personal servant Govinda that no one should take the water that had washed His feet.