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The Cleansing of the Gundicā Temple
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খাওন্ত্রা টাখর   প্রান্তু করে নানা খেলা ।।
“খোয়াপাখলা” নাম কৈল এই এক লীলা ॥ ২০৩ ॥
svatantra īśvara prabhu kare nānā khelā ‘dhoyā-pākhalā’ nāma kaila ei eka lilā
SYNONYMS
svatantra   īśvara —the independent Personality of Godhead;  prabhu —Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  kare —performs;  nānā —various;  khelā —pastimes;  dhoyā-pākhalā —washing and cleansing;  nāma —named;  kaila —performed;  ei —this;  eka —one;  lilā —pastime.
TRANSLATION
The fully independent Supreme Personality of Godhead performs various types of pastimes. The pastime of washing and cleansing the Guṇḍicā temple is but one of them.
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আর দিনে জগন্নাথের ‘লেত্রোৎসব’ নাম ।।
মহোৎসব ইৈল ভ্রুক্তর প্রাণ-সমান ॥ ২০৪ ॥॥
āra dine jagannāthera ‘netrotsava’ nāma mahotsava haila bhaktera prāṇa-samāna
SYNONYMS
āra dine —the next day;  jagannāthera —of Lord Jagannātha;  netra-utsava —the festival of seeing the eyes;  nāma —named;  mahotsava —great festival;  haila —performed;  bhaktera —of the devotees;  prāṇa-samāna —the life and soul.
TRANSLATION
The next day marked the performance of the festival of Netrotsava. This great festival was the life and soul of the devotees.
PURPORT
After the bathing ceremony of Lord Jagannātha, during the fortnight before the Ratha-yātrā ceremony, the body of Lord Jagannātha, having been washed, needs repainting. This is known as  aṅga-rāga . The Netrotsava festival performed