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panca-gavya, pancamrte snana karana
maha-snana karaila sata ghata dina
SYNONYMS
panca-gavya—in five kinds of products from the cow; panca-amrte—in a preparation made with five palatable foods; snana—bath; karana—finishing; maha-snana—a vast bath with ghee and water; karaila—performed; sata—one hundred; ghata—waterpots; dina—with.
After the first bathing, further bathings were conducted with panca-gavya and then with pancamrta.
Then the maha-snana was performed with ghee and water, which had been brought in one hundred pots.
PURPORT
The ingredients of panca-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 pancamrta 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.