Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.9.82, English translation, including a commentary (Gaudiya-bhasya). This text is similair to the Caitanya-caritamrita and narrates the pastimes of Lord Caitanya, proclaimed to be the direct incarnation of Krishna (as Bhagavan) This is verse 82 of Madhya-khanda chapter 9—“The Lord’s Twenty-One Hour Ecstasy and Descriptions of Shridhara and Other Devotees’ Characteristics”.
Verse 2.9.82
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.9.82:
কেহ দেয মোযা, জম্বু, কর্কটিকা ফল কেহ দেয ইক্ষু, কেহ দেয গঙ্গা-জল ॥ ৮২ ॥
केह देय मोया, जम्बु, कर्कटिका फल केह देय इक्षु, केह देय गङ्गा-जल ॥ ८२ ॥
keha deya moyā, jambu, karkaṭikā phala keha deya ikṣu, keha deya gaṅgā-jala || 82 ||
keha deya moya, jambu, karkatika phala keha deya iksu, keha deya ganga-jala (82)
English translation:
(82) Some offered sweets made of fused rice, rose apple, and cucumbers. Some offered sugar cane, and others offered Ganges water.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The phrase karkaṭikā phala refers to kāṅkuḍa [in Bengali, or kākḍi in Hindi] (a type of cucumber), and the word jambu refers to the rose apple.