EXCERPTS FROM SRI CHAITANYA CHARITAMRITA
ABOUT THE PASTIMES OF

CLEANSING THE GUNDICHA TEMPLE

sri-gundica-mandiram atma-vrndaih
sammarjayan ksalanatah sa gaurah
sva-citta-vac chitalam ujjvalam ca
krsnopavesaupayikam cakara

Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu washed and cleansed the Gundica temple with His devotees and associates. In this way He made the temple as cool and bright as His own heart, and thus He made the place befitting for Lord Sri Krsna to sit.
(Madhya 12.1)

kintu ghata, sammarjani bahuta cahiye
ajna deha—aji saba ihan ani diye

"To wash the temple, You need many waterpots and brooms. Therefore order me. I can immediately bring all these things to You."
(Madhya 12.77)

ara sata jana sata ghate jala bhari'
prathamei lana ache kala apeksa kari'

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 the water from them.

'jala ana' bali' yabe mahaprabhu kahila
tabe sata ghata ani' prabhu-age dila

As soon as Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu called for water, all the men immediately brought the hundred waterpots, which were completely filled, and delivered them before the Lord.

prathame karila prabhu mandira praksalana
urdhva-adho bhitti, grha-madhya, simhasana

In this way, Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu first washed the main temple and then thoroughly washed the ceiling, the walls, the floor, the sitting place [simhasana] and everything else within the room.

khapara bhariya jala urdhve calaila
sei jale urdhva sodhi bhitti praksalila

Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Himself and His devotees began to throw water onto the ceiling. When this water fell, it washed the walls and floor.

sri-haste karena simhasanera marjana
prabhu age jala ani' deya bhakta-gana

Then Sri Chaitanya 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.

bhakta-gana kare grha-madhya praksalana
nija nija haste kare mandira marjana

All the devotees within the temple began to wash. Each one had a broom in his hand, and in this way they cleansed the temple of the Lord.
(Madhya 12.95-100)