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श्रीशुक उवाच
कदाचिदौत्थानिककौतुकाप्लवे जन्मर्क्षयोगे समवेतयोषिताम् ।
वादित्रगीतद्विजमन्त्रवाचकैश् चकार सूनोरभिषेचनं सती ॥ ४ ॥
 
sri-suka uvaca
kadacid autthanika-kautukaplave
janmarksa-yoge samaveta-yositam
vaditra-gita-dvija-mantra-vacakais
cakara sunor abhisecanam sati
sri-sukah uvaca-Sri Sukadeva Gosvami continued to speak (at the request of Maharaja Pariksit); kadacit-at that time (when Krsna was three months old); autthanika-kautuka-aplave-when Krsna was three or four months old and His body was developing, He attempted to turn around, and this pleasing occasion was observed with a festival and bathing ceremony; janma-rksa-yoge-at that time, there was also a conjunction of the moon with the auspicious constellation Rohini; samaveta-yositam-(the ceremony was observed) among the assembled women, a ceremony of mothers; vaditra-gita-different varieties of music and singing; dvija-mantra-vacakaih-with chanting of Vedic hymns by qualified brahmanas; cakara-executed; sunoh-of her son; abhisecanam-the bathing ceremony; sati-Mother Yasoda.