Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.8.135, 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 135 of Adi-khanda chapter 8—“The Disappearance of Jagannatha Mishra”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.8.135:

গডাগডি যায ঘরে তৈল, ঘৃত, দুগ্ধ তণ্ডুল, কার্পাস, ধান্য, লোণ, বডী মুদ্গ ॥ ১৩৫ ॥

गडागडि याय घरे तैल, घृत, दुग्ध तण्डुल, कार्पास, धान्य, लोण, बडी मुद्ग ॥ १३५ ॥

gaḍāgaḍi yāya ghare taila, ghṛta, dugdha taṇḍula, kārpāsa, dhānya, loṇa, baḍī mudga || 135 ||

gadagadi yaya ghare taila, ghrta, dugdha tandula, karpasa, dhanya, lona, badi mudga (135)

English translation:

(135) Oil, ghee, milk, rice, cotton, paddy, salt, baḍī, and mung dal were strewn throughout the entire house.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The word loṇa is a corruption of the word lavaṇa, which means “salt.”

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