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ර්‍රා Caitanya-caritāmrta
[[Madhya-lilā, Ch. 4]
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.
TEXT 622
পুনে:  তৈল দিয়া কৈল শ্রীঅঙ্গ চিরুণ ।।
সাথী-গন্ধোদিকে কৈল জান সমাধান ॥ ৬২ ॥
punaḥ taila diyā kaila śrī-aṅga cikkaṇa śaṅkha-gandhodake kaila snāna samādhāna
SYNONYMS
punaḥ —again;  taila diyā —with oil;  kaila —made;  śrī-aṅga —the body of the Deity;  cikkaṇa —shiny;  śaṅkha-gandha-udake —in water scented with flowers and sandalwood pulp and kept within a conchshell;  kaila —did;  snāna —bath;  samādhāna —execution.
TRANSLATION
After the mahā-snāna was finished, the Deity was again massaged with scented oil and His body made glossy. Then the last bathing ceremony was performed with scented water kept within a conchshell.
PURPORT
In his commentary on this occasion, Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura quotes from the  Hari-bhakti-vilāsa . Barley powder, wheat powder, vermillion powder, urad dahl powder and another powder preparation called  āvāṭā  (made by mixing banana powder and ground rice) are applied to the Deity’s body with a brush made from the hair at the end of a cow’s tail. This produces a nice finish. The oil smeared over the body of the Deity should be scented. To perform the  mahā-snāna , at least two and a half mounds (about twenty-four gallons) of water are needed to pour over the body of the Deity.
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শ্রীভঙ্গ  মার্জন করি’ বস্ত্র পরাইল।।
১৯৯৯ ,  ভুলসী ,  পুষ্প-বালা অঙ্গে দিল  ॥ ৬৩ ॥