Madhya 4.61
TEXT 61
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TEXT
পঞ্চগব্য, পঞ্চামৃতে স্নান করাঞা ।
মহাস্নান করাইল শত ঘট দিঞা ॥ ৬১ ॥ panca-gavya, pancamrte snana karana
maha-snana karaila sata ghata dina
SYNONYMS
panca-gavya-in five kinds of products from the cow; panca-amrte-in a preparation made with five palatable foods; snana-bath; karana-finishing; maha-snana-a vast bath with ghee and water; karaila-performed; sata-one hundred; ghata-water pots; dina-with.
TRANSLATION
After the first bathing, further bathings were conducted with panca-gavya and then with pancamrta. Then the maha-snana was performed with ghee and water, which had been brought in one hundred pots.
PURPORT
The ingredients of panca-gavya are milk, yogurt, ghee (clarified butter) cow urine and cow dung. All these items come from the cow; therefore we can just imagine how important the cow is, since its urine and stool are required for bathing the Deity. The pancamrta consists of five kinds of nectar-yogurt, milk, ghee, honey and sugar. The major portion of this preparation also comes from the cow. To make it more palatable, sugar and honey are added.
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