Text 49] The Pastimes of Lord Ramacandra 93

TEXT 48

aa fracas fafiaq gese: aa Te: |
meats WI aaeqaeeh: Well

Jata nirmucya vidhivat
kula-vrddhaih samam guruh

abhyasificad yathaivendram
catuh-sindhu-jaladibhih

Jatah—the matted locks of hair on the head; nirmucya—shaving
clean; vidhi-vat—according to regulative principles; kula-vrddhaih—
the elderly persons in the family; samam—with; guruh—the family
priest or spiritual master, Vasistha; abhyasificat—performed the
abhiseka ceremony of Lord Ramacandra; yatha—as; eva—like; indram
—unto King Indra; catuh-sindhu-jala—with the water of the four
oceans; Gdibhih—and with other paraphernalia for bathing.

TRANSLATION

The family priest or spiritual master, Vasistha, had Lord
Ramacandra cleanly shaved, freeing Him from His matted locks of
hair. Then, with the cooperation of the elderly members of the
family, he performed the bathing ceremony [abhiseka] for Lord
Ramacandra with the water of the four seas and with other sub-
stances, just as it was performed for King Indra.

TEXT 49
uq SIAC: Tara: AAT EA |

aage: aTaiftatafeatan Fi 128

evam krta-sirah-sndnah
suvasah sragvy-alankrtah
svalankrtaih suvasobhir

bhratrbhir bharyaya babhau

evam—thus; krta-sirah-sndnah—having completely bathed, washing
the head; su-vdsah—being nicely dressed; sragvi-alarnkrtah—being
