CC daily 16 – CCM 04.54-57 – Devotion makes a stone a simhasana

CC Madhya 4.54
patharera simhasane thakura vasaila
bada eka pathara prsthe avalamba dila

Translation:
A big stone was made into a throne, and the Deity was installed upon it. Another big stone was placed behind the Deity for support.

CC Madhya 4.55
gramera brahmana saba nava ghata laña
govinda-kundera jala anila chaniña

Translation:
All the brahmana priests of the village gathered together with nine waterpots, and water from Govinda-kunda lake was brought there and filtered.

CC Madhya 4.56
nava sata-ghata jala kaila upanita
nana vadya-bheri baje, stri-gana gaya gita

Translation:
When the Deity was being installed, nine hundred pots of water were brought from Govinda-kunda. There were musical sounds of bugles and drums and the singing of women.

CC Madhya 4.57
keha gaya, keha nace, mahotsava haila
dadhi, dugdha, ghrta aila grame yata chila

Translation:
During the festival at the installation ceremony, some people sang and some danced. All the milk, yogurt and clarified butter in the village were brought to the festival.

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