Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.6.113, 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 113 of Adi-khanda chapter 6—“The Lord Begins Studying and His Childhood Mischief”.
Verse 1.6.113
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.6.113:
লিখন-কালির বিন্দু শোভে গৌর অঙ্গে চম্পকে লাগিল যেন চারি-দিকে ভৃঙ্গে ॥ ১১৩ ॥
लिखन-कालिर बिन्दु शोभे गौर अङ्गे चम्पके लागिल येन चारि-दिके भृङ्गे ॥ ११३ ॥
likhana-kālira bindu śobhe gaura aṅge campake lāgila yena cāri-dike bhṛṅge || 113 ||
likhana-kalira bindu sobhe gaura ange campake lagila yena cari-dike bhrnge (113)
English translation:
(113) Drops of ink beautified the Lord’s golden limbs and resembled bumble bees surrounding a campaka flower.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The bodily complexion of Nimāi resembled the campaka flower, and the bees were black colored. When Nimāi wrote, dots of ink marked His various limbs. This sight appeared like black bees encircling a campaka flower.