🪷 ŚB 9.10.48

Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.

Sanskrit

जटा निर्मुच्य विधिवत् कुलवृद्धै: समं गुरु: । अभ्यषिञ्चद् यथैवेन्द्रं चतु:सिन्धुजलादिभि: ॥ ४८ ॥

Transliteration

jaṭā nirmucya vidhivat kula-vṛddhaiḥ samaṁ guruḥ abhyaṣiñcad yathaivendraṁ catuḥ-sindhu-jalādibhiḥ
Synonyms
jaṭāḥ — the matted locks of hair on the head; nirmucya — shaving clean; vidhi-vat — according to regulative principles; kula-vṛddhaiḥ — the elderly persons in the family; samam — with; guruḥ — the family priest or spiritual master, Vasiṣṭha; abhyaṣiñcat — performed the abhiṣeka ceremony of Lord Rāmacandra; yathā — as; eva — like; indram — unto King Indra; catuḥ-sindhu-jala — with the water of the four oceans; ādibhiḥ — and with other paraphernalia for bathing.

Translation

The family priest or spiritual master, Vasiṣṭha, had Lord Rāmacandra cleanly shaved, freeing Him from His matted locks of hair. Then, with the cooperation of the elderly members of the family, he performed the bathing ceremony [abhiṣeka] for Lord Rāmacandra with the water of the four seas and with other substances, just as it was performed for King Indra.

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