Text 204] The Cleansing of the Gundicd Temple 101

TEXT 203

GE Bay ety BA Atal Ce |
COMA? A CHM LS GS Al Vow |

svatantra isvara prabhu kare nana kheld
‘dhoya-pakhala’ nama kaila ei eka lila

SYNONYMS

svatantra igvara—the independent Personality of Godhead; prabhu—Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu; kare—performs; nand—various; khelé—pastimes; dhoyd-
pakhala—washing and cleansing; néma—named; kaila—performed; ei—this;
eka—one; lila—pastime.

TRANSLATION

The fully independent Supreme Personality of Godhead performs various
types of pastimes. The pastime of washing and cleansing the Gundica temple
is but one of them.

TEXT 204

wots fers wataices ‘cacatene’ ata |
TCAAS CVT SLA MHNS-AAA 1) 208

dra dine jagannathera ‘netrotsava’ naéma
mahotsava haila bhaktera prana-samdna

SYNONYMS

ara dine—the next day; jagannathera—of Lord Jagannatha; netra-utsava—the
festival of seeing the eyes; ndma—named; mahotsava—great festival; haila—per-
formed; bhaktera—of the devotees; préna-samana—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 Jagannatha, during the fortnight before the
Ratha-yatra ceremony, the body of Lord Jagannatha, having been washed, needs
repainting. This is known as anga-raga. The Netrotsava festival performed
