Cleanse the heart through devotion so Krishna can eternally reside within, just as the temple is prepared for the Lord's arrival.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Guṇḍicā Mārjanam Cleansing of the Guṇḍicā Temple [Gurvaṣṭakam] — July 4, 1970, San Francisco 700704LE-SAN FRANCISCO [77:53 Minutes] Lecture_700704LE-SAN FRANCISCO Devotees: All glories to Prabhupāda! Jāyate Prabhupāda! Jaya! Prabhupāda: Hare Kṛṣṇa. [Hindi with Indian woman, chuckles] All right.
Hare Kṛṣṇa. So? There is no space for the... So we require bigger space.
Hare Kṛṣṇa. Oh, Govinda dāsī has come? [chuckles] When you have arrived? Govinda dāsī: About one o'clock. Prabhupāda: Oh. That's nice.
Hare Kṛṣṇa. Devotees: Hare Kṛṣṇa. Prabhupāda: That's all right. [aside:] You can keep it. That's all right. So Lord Caitanya's sampradāya.
[laughter] That is my joy, that we have now a sampradāya, a party of Lord Caitanya in the Western country. That is my success. That's all. I have no value—insignificant—but somehow or other you cooperated, and you are still cooperating, as Lord Caitanya's sampradāya.
That is my life. Thank you very much. [begins leading Gurvaṣṭakam, kīrtana, playing kartāls; ecstatic kīrtana follows] vande 'haṁ śrī-guroḥ śrī-yuta-pada-kamalaṁ śrī-gurūn vaiṣṇavāṁś ca śrī-rūpaṁ sāgrajātaṁ saha-gaṇa-raghunāthānvitaṁ taṁ sa-jīvam sādvaitaṁ sāvadhūtaṁ parijana-sahitaṁ kṛṣṇa-caitanya-devaṁ śrī-rādhā-kṛṣṇa-pādān saha-gaṇa-lalitā-śrī-viśākhānvitāṁś ca nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale śrīmate bhaktisiddhānta-sarasvatīti nāmine namas te gaura-vāṇī-śrī-mūrtaye dīna-tāriṇe rūpānuga-viruddhāpasiddhānta-dhvānta-hāriṇe saṁsāra-dāvānala-līḍha-lokatrāṇāya kāruṇya-ghanāghanatvam prāptasya kalyāṇa-guṇārṇavasya vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam mahāprabhoḥ kīrtana-nṛtya-gītavāditra-mādyan-manaso rasena romāñca-kampāśru-taraṅga-bhājo vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam śrī-vigrahārādhana-nitya-nānāśṛṅgāra-tan-mandira-mārjanādau yuktasya bhaktāṁś ca niyuñjato 'pi vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam catur-vidha-śrī-bhagavat-prasādasvādv-anna-tṛptān hari-bhakta-saṅghān kṛtvaiva tṛptiṁ bhajataḥ sadaiva vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam śrī-rādhikā-mādhavayor apāramādhurya-līlā guṇa-rūpa-nāmnām prati-kṣaṇāsvādana-lolupasya vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam nikuñja-yūno rati-keli-siddhyai yā yālibhir yuktir apekṣaṇīyā tatrāti-dākṣyād ati-vallabhasya vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam sākṣād-dharitvena samasta-śāstrair uktas tathā bhāvyata eva sadbhiḥ kintu prabhor yaḥ priya eva tasya vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādo yasyāprasādān na gatiḥ kuto 'pi dhyāyan stuvaṁs tasya yaśas tri-sandhyaṁ vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam Now you chant Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya. [prema-dhvani] [29:05] It is working? [taps microphone] Huh?
No. So just one day before Ratha-yātrā there is a festival in Jagannātha Purī which is called Guṇḍicā-mārjana. Guṇḍicā-mārjana... From the Jagannātha temple, about two miles away there is another..., temple house, not exactly temple, where the Deity Jagannātha goes during this Ratha-yātrā festival, from the temple to that Guṇḍicā house. And then the deities remain there for one week and then comes back.