# Cc. Madhya 4.61 ## Text > 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.