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Šri Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[[Madhya-lilā, Ch. 4]
TEXT 58
ভোগ-সামগ্রী আইল সন্দেশাদি যত । নানা উপহার, তাহা কহিতে পারি কত ॥ ৫৮ ॥
bhoga-sāmagrī āila sandeśādi yata nānā upahāra, tāhā kahite pāri kata
SYNONYMS
bhoga-sāmagrī —ingredients for eatables to be offered;  āila —brought in;  sandeśa-ādi —sweetmeats;  yata —all kinds of;  nānā —various;  upahāra —presentations;  tāhā —that;  kahite —to say;  pāri —I am able;  kata —how much.
TRANSLATION
Various foods and sweetmeats, as well as other kinds of presentations, were brought there. I am unable to describe all these.
TEXT 59
তুলসী আদি, ঝুষ্প, বস্ত্র আইল অনেক । আপনে মাধবপুরী কৈল অভিষেক ॥ ৫৯ ॥
tulasī ādi, puṣpa, vastra āila aneka āpane mādhava-purī kaila abhiṣeka
SYNONYMS
tulasī — tulasī  leaves;  ādi —and others;  puṣpa —flowers;  vastra —garments;  āila —arrived;  aneka —in great quantity;  āpane —personally;  mādhava-puri —Śrī Mādhavendra Purī;  kaila —executed;  abhiṣeka —the bathing of the Deity at the beginning of the installation ceremony.
TRANSLATION
The villagers brought a large quantity of tulasī leaves, flowers, and various kinds of garments. Then Śrī Mādhavendra Pūrī personally began the abhiṣeka [bathing ceremony].
PURPORT
In the  Hari-bhakti-vilāsa  (6th  Vilāsa , verse 30) it is stated that the Deity should be bathed in water mixed with yogurt and milk, accompanied by the sounds of conchshells, bells and other instruments and the chanting of the  mantra ,  oṁ