Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 12.136

nṛsiḿha-mandira-bhitara-bāhira śodhila

kṣaṇeka viśrāma kari' nṛtya ārambhila

SYNONYMS

nṛsiḿha-mandira — the temple of Nṛsiḿhadeva; bhitara — inside; bāhira — outside; śodhila — cleansed; kṣaṇeka — for a few moments; viśrāma — rest; kari' — after taking; nṛtya — dancing; ārambhila — began.

TRANSLATION

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu also cleansed the Nṛsiḿha temple inside and outside. Finally, He rested a few minutes and then began dancing.

PURPORT

The Nṛsiḿha temple is a nice temple just outside the Guṇḍicā temple. In this temple there is a great festival on the day of Nṛsiḿha-caturdaśī. There is also a Nṛsiḿha temple at Navadvīpa where the same festival is observed, as described by Murāri Gupta in his book Caitanya-carita.

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