CC Madhya 4.59
Bengali
তুলসী আদি, পুষ্প, বস্ত্র আইল অনেক ।
আপনে মাধবপুরী কৈল অভিষেক ॥ ৫৯ ॥
আপনে মাধবপুরী কৈল অভিষেক ॥ ৫৯ ॥
Verse text
tulasī ādi, puṣpa, vastra āila aneka
āpane mādhava-purī kaila abhiṣeka
āpane mādhava-purī kaila abhiṣeka
Synonyms
Translation
The villagers brought a large quantity of tulasī leaves, flowers and various kinds of garments. Then Śrī Mādhavendra Purī personally began the abhiṣeka [bathing ceremony].
Purport
In the Hari-bhakti-vilāsa (sixth vilāsa, verse 30) it is stated that the Deity should be bathed in water mixed with yogurt and milk, accompanied by the sounds of conchshells, bells and other instruments and the chanting of the mantra oṁ bhagavate vāsudevāya namaḥ, as well as the chanting of the Brahma-saṁhitā verses beginning cintāmaṇi-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vṛkṣa-lakṣāvṛteṣu surabhīr abhipālayantam.