Madhya-līlā

Chapter 4: Śrī Mādhavendra Puri's Devotional Service

Verse 61 of 212
Cc Madhya 4.61

পংচগব্য, পংচামৃতে স্নান করাঞা মহাস্নান করাইল শত ঘট দিঞা

पंचगव्य, पंचामृते स्नान कराञा महास्नान कराइल शत घट दिञा

pañca-gavya, pañcāmṛte snāna karāñā mahā-snāna karāila śata ghaṭa diñā

Synonyms

pañca-gavyain five kinds of products from the cow; pañca-amṛtein a preparation made with five palatable foods; snānabath; karāñāfinishing; mahā-snānaa vast bath with ghee and water; karāilaperformed; śataone hundred; ghaṭawater pots; diñāwith..

Translation

After the first bathing, further bathings were conducted with pañca-gavya and then with pañcāmṛta. Then the mahā-snāna was performed with ghee and water, which had been brought in one hundred pots.

Purport

The ingredients of pañca-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 pañcāmṛta 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.

Verse 61 of 212
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