Text 204] The Cleansing of the Gundicd Temple 101
TEXT 203
USE HAA LG BA Atal Cea |
CCUTTAteN? Ate CHA OV OT Alor Wow 1
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
uta farce estates ‘cacatenta’ ata |
ACV CH SCS AAA 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
