Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Ādi 13.70

kṛṣṇa avatārite ācārya pratijñā kariyā

kṛṣṇa-pūjā kare tulasī-gańgājala diyā

SYNONYMS

kṛṣṇa — Lord Kṛṣṇa; avatārite — to cause His advent; ācārya — Advaita Ācārya; pratijñā — promise; kariyā — making; kṛṣṇa-pūjā — worship of Lord Kṛṣṇa; kare — does; tulasī — tulasī leaves; gańgā-jala diyā — with the water of the Ganges .

TRANSLATION

With this consideration, Advaita Ācārya Prabhu, promising to cause Lord Kṛṣṇa to descend, began to worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, with tulasī leaves and water of the Ganges.

PURPORT

Tulasī leaves and Ganges water, with, if possible, a little pulp of sandalwood, is sufficient paraphernalia to worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Lord says in the Bhagavad-gītā (9.26):

patraḿ puṣpaḿ phalaḿ toyaḿ yo me bhaktyā prayacchati

tad ahaḿ bhakty-upahṛtam aśnāmi prayatātmanaḥ

"If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit or water, I will accept it." Following this principle, Advaita Prabhu pleased the Supreme personality of Godhead with tulasī leaves and water of the Ganges.

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