CC Madhya 4.61
Bengali
পঞ্চগব্য, পঞ্চামৃতে স্নান করাঞা ।
মহাস্নান করাইল শত ঘট দিঞা ॥ ৬১ ॥
মহাস্নান করাইল শত ঘট দিঞা ॥ ৬১ ॥
Verse text
pañca-gavya, pañcāmṛte snāna karāñā
mahā-snāna karāila śata ghaṭa diñā
mahā-snāna karāila śata ghaṭa diñā
Synonyms
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.