Gundica Marjana and Sri Svarupa Damodara's Disappearance Day

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Dear devotees,

Please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada and his surrendered followers!

 

In chapter 12 of Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila, Srila Krsnadas Kaviraj

Goswami extensively describes Lord Caitanya's pastime of Cleansing the

Gundica Temple with his associates (from verses 73 to 141).

 

Srila Prabhupada's purports to verses 127 and 135 are illuminating the whole

pastime with deep insight and sharing his own transcendental realizations.I

couldn't type them all but please kindly read them for personal edification.

 

if you can't dive into the whole lila, I have selected a small part to

honour these two special days with some sweet verses.

 

"After everything was thoroughly washed, a vaisnava from Bengal, who was

very intelligent and simple, came and poured water on the lotus feet of the

Lord. The Gaudiya vaisnava then took that water and drank it himself.

 

Seeing that, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu felt a little unhappy and was also

outwardly angry.

 

Although the Lord was certainly satisfied with him, He became angry

externally in order to establish the etiquette of religious principles.

 

The Lord then called for Svarupa Damodara and told him, 'Just see the

behavior of your Bengali vaisnava. This person from Bengal has washed My

feet within the temple of the Personality of Godhead. Not only that, but he

has drunk the water himself. I now do not know what My destination is

because of this offense. Indeed, your Bengali vaisnava has greatly

implicated Me.'

 

At this point, Svarupa Damodara Goswami caught the Gaudiya vaisnava by the

neck and giving him a little push, ejected him from the Gundica Puri temple

and made him stay outside.

 

After Svarupa Damodara Goswami returned within the temple, he requested Sri

Caitanya Mahaprabhu to excuse that innocent person.

 

After this incident, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was very satisfied. He then

asked all of the devotees to sit down in two lines on both sides.

 

The Lord then personally sat down in the middle and picked up all kinds of

staw, grains of sand and dirty things.

 

While Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was picking up the straws and grains of sand,

He said, 'I shall gather everyone's collections, and I shall ask whoever has

collected less than the others to pay a fine of sweet cakes and sweet rice.'

 

In this way, all the quarters of the Gundica temple were completely cleansed

and cleared. All quarters were cool and spotless, like one's cleansed and

pacified mind.

 

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.

 

Outside the gateway of the temple, all the roads were also cleansed, and no

one could tell exactly how this was done."

 

Begging for your blessings, I pray to remain

Your humble servant,

Krsna-kirtana dasi