Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.2.164, 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 164 of Adi-khanda chapter 2—“The Lord’s Appearance”.
Verse 1.2.164
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.2.164:
স্রুক্-স্রুব-হস্তে যজ্ঞ, আপনে করিযা সবারে লওযাও যজ্ঞ, যাজ্ঞিক হৈযা ॥ ১৬৪ ॥
स्रुक्-स्रुव-हस्ते यज्ञ, आपने करिया सबारे लओयाओ यज्ञ, याज्ञिक हैया ॥ १६४ ॥
sruk-sruva-haste yajña, āpane kariyā sabāre laoyāo yajña, yājñika haiyā || 164 ||
sruk-sruva-haste yajna, apane kariya sabare laoyao yajna, yajnika haiya (164)
English translation:
(164) “You carry a sacrificial ladle and spoon in Your hands and encourage everyone to perform sacrifice.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word sruk refers to a ladle made from the wood of the vikaṅkata (baiñca) tree and used to offer ghee to the sacrificial fire. It is the length of one’s forearm, and it has a handle on one end and a bowl with a spout shaped like the mouth of a swan on the other end.
The word sruva refers to a spoon made of khadira wood. One end is rounded like the tip of one’s thumb, and the other end has two semi- circular indentations. It is part of the paraphernalia for performing fire sacrifices.