CC Madhya 4.61 (1975)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 61
- pañca-gavya, pañcāmṛte snāna karāñā
- mahā-snāna karāila śata ghaṭa diñā
SYNONYMS
pañca-gavya—in five kinds of products from the cow; pañca-amṛte—in a preparation made with five palatable foods; snāna—bath; karāñā—finishing; mahā-snāna—a vast bath with ghee and water; karāila—performed; śata—one hundred; ghaṭa—waterpots; diñā—with.
TRANSLATION
After the first bathing, further bathings were conducted with pañca-gavya and then with pañcāmṛta. Then the mahā-snāna was performed with ghee and water, which had been brought in one hundred pots.
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.