Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.4.80, 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 80 of Adi-khanda chapter 4—“Name-giving Ceremony, Childhood Pastimes, and Thieves Kidnap the Lord”.
Verse 1.4.80
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.4.80:
আজানু-লম্বিত-ভুজ, অরুণ অধর সকল-লক্ষণ-যুক্ত বক্ষ-পরিসর ॥ ৮০ ॥
आजानु-लम्बित-भुज, अरुण अधर सकल-लक्षण-युक्त वक्ष-परिसर ॥ ८० ॥
ājānu-lambita-bhuja, aruṇa adhara sakala-lakṣaṇa-yukta vakṣa-parisara || 80 ||
ajanu-lambita-bhuja, aruna adhara sakala-laksana-yukta vaksa-parisara (80)
English translation:
(80) The Lord’s hands reached to His knees, His lips were reddish, His chest was broad, and He was decorated with all other auspicious
symptoms.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word aruṇa means “the color of blood” or “red.”