Text 61] Sri Madhavendra Puri’s Devotional Service 27

bhagavate vasudevaya namah, as well as the chanting of the Brahma-samhita
verses beginning cintamani-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vrksa-laksavrtesu surabhir
abhipdlayantam.

TEXT 60

SHH GH Si BaeM aia |
ae coer fen coo Sheer eel vo ti

amangala dura kari’ karaila snana
bahu taila diya kaila sri-anga cikkana

SYNONYMS

amangala—all inauspiciousness; dura kari’—driving away; kardila—caused;
snana—bathing; bahu—a great quantity; taila—oil; diya—applying; kaila—
made; sri-anga—the body; cikkana—glossy.

TRANSLATION

After all inauspicious things were driven away by the chanting of the
mantra, the Deity’s bathing ceremony started. First the Deity was massaged
with a large quantity of oil, so that His body became very glossy.

TEXT 61

AVAB, AVTYCS Wt Fatal |
FAA SAV HS AP fH vs i

Pafica-gavya, paficamrte snana karafia
maha-snana kardila sata ghata difia

SYNONYMS

Pafica-gavya—in five kinds of products from the cow; pafica-amrte—in a
preparation made with five palatable foods; snana—bath; karafia—finishing;
mahd-snana—a vast bath with ghee and water; kardila—performed; sata—one
hundred; ghata—water pots; difid—with.

TRANSLATION

After the first bathing, further bathings were conducted with pajica-gavya
and then with paficamrta. Then the maha-snana was performed with ghee and
water, which had been brought in one hundred pots.
