Text 88]
The Cleansing of the Gundicā Temple
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TEXT 86
ধুলি-ধূসর তমু দেখিতে শোভন ।
কাহাঁ কাহাঁ অশ্রুজলে করে সংমার্জন ॥ ৮৬ ॥
dhūli-dhūsara tanu dekhite śobhana kāhāṅ kāhāṅ aśru-jale kare sammārjana
SYNONYMS
dhūli —dust;  dhūsara —dirt;  tanu —body;  dekhite —to see;  śobhana —very beautiful;  kāhāṅ kāhāṅ —somewhere;  aśru-jale —with tears;  kare —does;  sam-mārjana —washing.
TRANSLATION
The entire beautiful body of the Lord was covered with dust and dirt. In this way it became transcendentally beautiful. At times, when cleansing the temple, the Lord shed tears, and in some places He even cleansed with those tears.
TEXT 87
ভোগমন্দির শোধন করি’ শোধিল প্রাক্বণ । সকল আবাস ক্রমে করিল শোধন ॥ ৮৭ ॥
bhoga-mandira śodhana kari’ śodhila prāṅgaṇa sakala āvāsa krame karila śodhana
SYNONYMS
bhoga-mandira —the place where food is placed;  śodhana kari' —cleansing;  śodhila prāṅgaṇa —cleansed the yard;  sakala —all;  āvāsa —residential places;  krame —one after another;  karila śodhana —cleansed.
TRANSLATION
After this, the place where the Deity’s food was kept [bhoga-mandira] was cleansed. Then the yard was cleansed, and then all the residential quarters, one after the other.
TEXT 88
তৃণ, ধূলি, বিঁকুর, সব একত্র করিয়া। বহির্বাসে লঞ্জা ফেলায় বাহির করিয়া ॥ ৮৮ ॥