98 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Antya-lila, Ch. 12
PURPORT
According to Raghunandana Bhattacarya, the spokesman for the smarta regula-
tive principles:
pratah-snane vrate sraddhe
dvadasyam grahane tatha
madya-lepa-samam tailam
tasmat tailam vivarjayet
“If one who has taken a vow smears oil on his body while bathing in the morning,
while observing a ritualistic ceremony like the sraddha ceremony, or on dvadasi
day, he may as well pour wine over his body. Therefore, oil should be rejected.”
This word vrata (vow) is sometimes understood to refer to the sannydsa-vrata.
Raghunandana Bhattacarya has also said in his book Tithi-tattva:
ghrtam ca sarsapar tailarn
yat tailarn puspa-vasitam
adustam pakva-tailam ca
tailabhyange ca nityasah
This means that clarified butter (ghee), mustard oil, floral oil and boiled oil may be
used only by grhasthas, householders.
TEXT 109
THANCH CHR’ CSA—AM CVA GCA |
Sta AfAata CoA MAAA-AVA WW” Son I
jagannathe deha’ taila, —dipa yena jvale
tara parisrama haiba parama-saphale”
SYNONYMS
jagannathe —unto Lord Jagannatha; deha’—deliver ; taila—oil; dipa—lamps;
yena—so; jvale—burn; tara parisrama—his labor; haiba—will become; parama-
saphale—completely successful.
TRANSLATION
“Deliver this oil to the temple of Jagannatha, where it may be burned in the
lamps. In this way, Jagadananda’s labor to manufacture the oil will be per-
fectly successful.”
