Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Madhya-līlā, Ch. 12]
TRANSLATION
When the water from the different rooms was finally let out through the halls, it appeared as if new rivers were rushing out to meet the waters of the ocean.
TEXT 135
এইমত পুরদ্বার-আগে পথ যত । সকল শোধিল, তাহা কে বর্ণিবে কত ॥ ১৩৫ ॥
ei-mata puradvāra-āge patha yata sakala śodhila, tāhā ke varṇibe kata
SYNONYMS
ei-mata —in this way;  pura-dvāra —of the gateway of the temple;  āge —in front;  patha yata —as many avenues;  sakala —all;  śodhila —were cleansed;  tāhā —that;  ke varṇibe —who can describe;  kata —how much.
TRANSLATION
Outside the gateway of the temple, all the roads were also cleansed, and no one could tell exactly how this was done.
PURPORT
In commenting on the cleansing of the Guṇḍicā temple, Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Thākura says that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was personally giving instructions on how one should receive Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, within one's cleansed and pacified heart. If one wants to see Kṛṣṇa seated in his heart, he must first cleanse the heart, as prescribed by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in His  Śikṣāṣṭaka  ( ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanam ). In this age, everyone's heart is unclean, as confirmed in  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  ( hṛdy antaḥ-stho hy abhadrāṇi ). To wash all dirty things accumulated within the heart, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu advised everyone to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa  mantra . The first result will be that the heart is cleansed ( ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanam ). Similarly,  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  (1.2.17) also confirms this statement:
śṛṇvatārṅ sva-kathāḥ kṛṣṇaḥ puṇya-śravaṇa-kīrtanaḥ hṛdy antaḥ-stho hy abhadrāṇi vidhunoti suhṛt-satām
“Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Personality of Godhead, who is the Paramātmā [Supersoul] in everyone's heart and the benefactor of the truthful devotee, cleanses desire for