By cleaning the temple and the Lord’s paraphernalia with love and devotion, one also begins the process of purification in one’s own heart, thereby purifying oneself and becoming eligible to associate with Krishna, the purest of the pure. In the purport of Sri Caitanya Caritamrta, Madhya-lila 12.135, Srila Prabhupada explains how Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu taught us all be His own example how to keep the temple of the heart clean. Srila Prabhupada quotes his own Guru Maharaja, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, who commented on the cleaning of the Gundica temple in Puri by the Lord and His associates. He states that as the world leader, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu personally gave instructions on how to receive the Lord in one’s cleaned and purified heart.
Gundica Mandir is located approximately three kilometers away from Srimandir, which is the main temple of Lord Jagannatha in Sri Ksetra Puri Dhama, Odisha. Every year, Lord Jagannatha goes out on a grand chariot procession from His palatial home to His childhood home Vrindavana. Gundica Mandir represents Vrindavana, and to prepare for the Lord’s arrival back home, the day before Ratha-yatra Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu cleansed the temple along with hundreds of devotees. Following in the footsteps of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, this cleaning of Gundica temple the day before Ratha-yatra has continued for over 500 years. This practice is known as Gundica Marjana, or the cleansing of Gundica temple.
The cleansing of Gundica temple is compared to the cleansing of the heart. This process is calle danartha-nivritti – cleansing oneself from unwanted desires within the heart. The dust, sticks and stones the Lord and His associates cleaned out from the temple represent the various anarthas, or unwanted desires within the heart. Some of these anarthas include offenses to the holy names, vaisnava aparadha, and the desire to enjoy separately from the Lord, amongst other things. By the continuous and determined effort to chant the Lord’s holy names without offenses, the dirt from within the heart can be cleaned.
Even seemingly menial work that is done for the Lord’s pleasure helps to remove anarthasfrom the heart. For example, cleaning the Lord’s paraphernalia, whether it be His dishes, cloth, temple floors, etc. helps to cleanse the heart. Because the Lord’s paraphernalia is connected to Him and is non-different from Him, when one treats the belongings of the Lord with care and devotion and attention to detail – just as Lord Caitanya demonstrated when he cleaned the Gundica temple – one automatically pleases the Lord.
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