Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.12.82, 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 82 of Adi-khanda chapter 12—“The Lord’s Wandering Throughout Navadvipa”.
Verse 1.12.82
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.12.82:
বহু-বিধ পাক-তৈল সভে দেন শিরে তৈল-দ্রোণে থুই তৈল দেন কলেবরে ॥ ৮২ ॥
बहु-विध पाक-तैल सभे देन शिरे तैल-द्रोणे थुइ तैल देन कलेवरे ॥ ८२ ॥
bahu-vidha pāka-taila sabhe dena śire taila-droṇe thui taila dena kalevare || 82 ||
bahu-vidha paka-taila sabhe dena sire taila-drone thui taila dena kalevare (82)
English translation:
(82) They applied various medicated oils on the Lord’s head and then they put Him in a wooden tub filled with oil and rubbed His body.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word pāka-taila refers to a medicinal oil made from various herbs
that cures diseases born of air disorders.
The word taila-droṇe refers to a large wooden container filled with oil in which one can be immersed up to the neck—a barrel of oil.