Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.4.256, 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 256 of Antya-khanda chapter 4—“Descriptions of Shri Acyutananda’s Pastimes and the Worship of Shri Madhavendra”.
Verse 3.4.256
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.4.256:
সকল পবিত্র করে যে গঙ্গা তুলসী তারাও হযেন ধন্য তোমারে পরশি’ ॥ ২৫৬ ॥
सकल पवित्र करे ये गङ्गा तुलसी ताराओ हयेन धन्य तोमारे परशि’ ॥ २५६ ॥
sakala pavitra kare ye gaṅgā tulasī tārāo hayena dhanya tomāre paraśi’ || 256 ||
sakala pavitra kare ye ganga tulasi tarao hayena dhanya tomare parasi’ (256)
English translation:
(256) “Gaṅgā and tulasī are known to purify everything. But even they are purified by your touch.