Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.12.135, 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 12—“The Lord’s Wandering Throughout Navadvipa”.
Verse 1.12.135
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.12.135:
মালাকার-প্রতি প্রভু শুভ-দৃষ্ঠি করি’ উঠিলা তাম্বূলী-ঘরে গৌরাঙ্গ শ্রী-হরি ॥ ১৩৫ ॥
मालाकार-प्रति प्रभु शुभ-दृष्ठि करि’ उठिला ताम्बूली-घरे गौराङ्ग श्री-हरि ॥ १३५ ॥
mālākāra-prati prabhu śubha-dṛṣṭhi kari’ uṭhilā tāmbūlī-ghare gaurāṅga śrī-hari || 135 ||
malakara-prati prabhu subha-drsthi kari’ uthila tambuli-ghare gauranga sri-hari (135)
English translation:
(135) After casting His merciful glance on the florist, Gaurāṅga went to the
house of betel nut merchant.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word tāmbūlī refers to those who sell tāmbūla (pān). In common language they are called tāmuli.