Chaitanya Bhagavata

by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.6.54, 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 54 of Adi-khanda chapter 6—“The Lord Begins Studying and His Childhood Mischief”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.6.54:

পুনঃ পুনঃ সবারে করায প্রভু স্নান কা’রে ছোঙ্য, কা’রো অঙ্গে কুল্লোল-প্রদান ॥ ৫৪ ॥

पुनः पुनः सबारे कराय प्रभु स्नान का’रे छोङ्य, का’रो अङ्गे कुल्लोल-प्रदान ॥ ५४ ॥

punaḥ punaḥ sabāre karāya prabhu snāna kā’re choṅya, kā’ro aṅge kullola-pradāna || 54 ||

punah punah sabare karaya prabhu snana ka’re chonya, ka’ro ange kullola-pradana (54)

English translation:

(54) The Lord compelled everyone to bathe again and again by touching them or spitting on them.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The word kullola comes from the Hindi word kullā, which means “water spit from the mouth.”

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