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Caitanya-caritāmṛta 4.61

pañca-gavya, pañcāmṛte snāna karāñā mahā-snāna karāila śata ghaṭa diñā
[pancha-gavya, panchaamrite snaana karaanaa mahaa-snaana karaaila shata ghata dinaa]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
pañca-gavya, pañcāmṛte snāna karāñā mahā-snāna karāila śata ghaṭa diñā
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.

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.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
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