Canto 11, Chapter 27

Chapter 27

Verse 10 (SB 11.27.10)
SB 11.27.10 • मूल श्लोक

पूर्वं स्‍नानं प्रकुर्वीत धौतदन्तोऽङ्गशुद्धये । उभयैरपि च स्‍नानं मन्त्रैर्मृद्ग्रहणादिना ॥ १० ॥

Transliteration

pūrvaṁ snānaṁ prakurvīta dhauta-danto ’ṅga-śuddhaye ubhayair api ca snānaṁ mantrair mṛd-grahaṇādinā

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

pūrvam — first; snānam — bath; prakurvīta — one should perform; dhauta — having cleaned; dantaḥ — his teeth; aṅga — of the body; śuddhaye — for purification; ubhayaiḥ — with both kinds; api ca — also; snānam — bathing; mantraiḥ — with mantras; mṛt-grahaṇa-ādinā — by smearing with earth and so on.

Translation

“One should first purify his body by cleansing his teeth and bathing. Then one should perform a second cleansing by smearing the body with earth and chanting both Vedic and tantric mantras.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda