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Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
taking daily bath and cleansing the body inside and outside and accepting the ten kinds of purificatory processes. By austerities, by worship of the Lord, and by distribution of charity, we can purify the possession of wealth. We can purify ourselves by studying the  Vedas , by striving for self-realization and by understanding the Supreme Absolute Truth. It is therefore stated in the Vedic literature that by birth everyone is born a  śūdra , and by accepting the purificatory process one becomes twice-born. By studies of the  Vedas  one can become  vipra , which is the preliminary qualification for becoming a  brāhmaṇa . When one understands the Absolute Truth in perfection, he is called a  brāhmaṇa . And when the  brāhmaṇa  reaches further perfection, he becomes a Vaiṣṇava or a devotee.
In that ceremony, all the  brāhmaṇas  assembled began to chant different kinds of Vedic  mantras  to invoke all good fortune for the child. There are different kinds of chanting known as  sūta ,  māgadha ,  vandī , and  virudāvalī . Along with this chanting of  mantras  and songs, bugles and kettle-drums sounded outside the house. On this occasion, the joyous vibrations could be heard in all the pasturing grounds and all the houses. Within and outside of the houses there were varieties of artistic paintings, done with rice pulp, and scented water was sprinkled everywhere, even on the roads and streets. Ceilings and roofs were decorated with different kinds of flags, festoons and green leaves. The gates were made of green leaves and flowers. All the cows, bulls and calves were smeared with a mixture of oil and turmeric and painted with minerals like red oxide, yellow clay and manganese. They wore garlands of peacock feathers, and were covered with nice colored dresses and gold necklaces.
When all the ecstatic cowherd men heard that Nanda Mahārāja, father of Kṛṣṇa, was celebrating the birth ceremony of his son, they became spontaneously joyful. They dressed themselves with very costly garments and ornamented their bodies with different kinds of earrings and necklaces and wore great turbans on their heads. After dressing themselves in this gorgeous way, they took various kinds of presentations and thus approached the house of Nanda Mahārāja.
As soon as they heard that mother Yaśodā had given birth to a child, all the cowherd women became overwhelmed with joy, and they also dressed themselves with various kinds of costly garments and ornaments and smeared scented cosmetics on their bodies.
As the dust on the lotus flower exhibits the exquisite beauty of the flower, all the  gopīs  (cowherd girls) applied the dust of  kuṅkuma  on their lotus-like faces. These beautiful  gopīs  took their different presentations and very soon reached the house of Mahārāja Nanda. Overburdened with