Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.12.130, 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 130 of Adi-khanda chapter 12—“The Lord’s Wandering Throughout Navadvipa”.
Verse 1.12.130
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.12.130:
বণিকের অনুগ্রহ করি’ বিশ্বম্ভর উঠিলেন গিযা প্রভু মালাকার-ঘর ॥ ১৩০ ॥
वणिकेर अनुग्रह करि’ विश्वम्भर उठिलेन गिया प्रभु मालाकार-घर ॥ १३० ॥
vaṇikera anugraha kari’ viśvambhara uṭhilena giyā prabhu mālākāra-ghara || 130 ||
vanikera anugraha kari’ visvambhara uthilena giya prabhu malakara-ghara (130)
English translation:
(130) Viśvambhara bestowed His mercy on the merchant and then continued on to the house of a florist.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word mālākāra refers to florists or those who make flower garlands for sale. In common language they are called mālīs.