PLATE TWO

“After Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and all the Vaisnavas cleansed the
temple for the second time, the Lord was very happy to see the cleansing
work. While the temple was being swept, about a hundred men stood
ready with filled waterpots, and they simply awaited the Lord’s order to
throw them. As soon as Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu called for water, all the
men immediately brought the hundred waterpots, which were com-
pletely filled, and delivered them before the Lord. In this way, Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu first washed the main temple and then thoroughly washed
the ceiling, the walls, the floor, the sitting place (simhdsana) and every-
thing else within the room. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Himself and His
devotees began to throw water onto the ceiling. When this water fell, it
washed the walls and the floor. Then Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu began to
wash the sitting place of Lord Jagannatha with His own hands, and all the
devotees began to bring water to the Lord. In this way all the rooms were
cleansed with a hundred waterpots. After the rooms had been cleansed,
the minds of the devotees were as clean as the rooms. When the temple
was Cleansed, it was purified, cool and pleasing, just as if the Lord’s own
mind had appeared.” (pp.46-57)
