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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.10.48

జటా నిర్ముచ్య విధివత్ కులవృద్ధై: సమం గురు: । అభ్యషిఞ్చద్ యథైవేన్ద్రం చతు:సిన్ధుజలాదిభి: ॥ ౪౮ ॥
jaṭā nirmucya vidhivat
[jataa nirmuchya vidhivat]
kula-vṛddhaiḥ samaṁ guruḥ
[kula-vriddhaih samam guruh]
abhyaṣiṣcad yathaivendraṁ
[abhyashishchad yathaivendram]
catuḥ-sindhu-jalādibhiḥ
[chatuh-sindhu-jalaadibhih]
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 abhyaṣiṣcat — 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.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
jaṭā nirmucya vidhivat
jaṭāḥ
the matted locks of hair on the head
nirmucya
shaving clean
vidhi-vat
according to regulative principles
kula-vṛddhaiḥ samaṁ guruḥ
kula-vṛddhaiḥ
the elderly persons in the family
samam
with
guruḥ
the family priest or spiritual master, Vasiṣṭha
abhyaṣiṣcad yathaivendraṁ
abhyaṣiṣcat
performed the abhiṣeka ceremony of Lord Rāmacandra
yathā
as
eva
like
catuḥ-sindhu-jalādibhiḥ
indram
unto King Indra
catuḥ-sindhu-jala
with the water of the four oceans
ādibhiḥ
and with other paraphernalia for bathing.
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.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The family priest Vasiṣṭha had Rāmacandra cleanly shave off his matted locks. Then, with the cooperation of the elderly members of the family, he performed the bathing ceremony for Rāmacandra with the water of the four seas and other substances, just as it was performed for King Indra.
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