Verse 1.15.101

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.15.101:

তবে রাজ-পণ্ডিত আনন্দ চিত্ত হৈযা আইলেন অধিবাস-সামগ্রী লৈযা ॥ ১০১ ॥

तबे राज-पण्डित आनन्द चित्त हैया आइलेन अधिवास-सामग्री लैया ॥ १०१ ॥

tabe rāja-paṇḍita ānanda citta haiyā āilena adhivāsa-sāmagrī laiyā || 101 ||

tabe raja-pandita ananda citta haiya ailena adhivasa-samagri laiya (101)

English translation:

(101) Carrying ingredients for the Adhivāsa ceremony, Sanātana Miśra joyfully arrived.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Regarding adhivāsa and gandha-sparśa, it is stated (in Śrīmad Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī’s Sat-kriyā-sāra-dīpikā): “Thereafter the activities of Adhivāsa are described: One should collect suitable ingredients and duly perform the Adhivāsa ceremony preferably at dusk, or else in the morning. The ingredients for Adhivāsa are clay from the Ganges, sandalwood pulp, a stone, rice paddy, dūrvā grass, flowers, fruits, yogurt, ghee, svastika, sindūra (vermilion), conch, kajjala, cow urine, mustard seeds, a piece of gold, a piece of silver, a piece of copper, a ghee lamp, and a mirror. One should also have fragrant aguru powder, yellow cloth, a brāhmaṇa thread, a cāmara, and a cādara for welcoming the groom.

Thereafter, while holding clay from the Ganges in one’s hands, one should chant the mantra, ‘Let the auspicious ceremony of gandha-sparśa, or applying sandalwood, and Adhivāsa be performed,’ and after offering these items to Lord Viṣṇu one should offer them to the bridegroom and bride. It should be done like this everywhere. By chanting mantras, one should thereafter have the bridegroom and bride offer prayers. Then one should touch each of the groom’s limbs while chanting mantras and offer him four, five, or seven burning ghee lamps. One should perform the Adhivāsa ceremony for a bridegroom and bride according to this procedure.”