Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.12.141, 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 141 of Adi-khanda chapter 12—“The Lord’s Wandering Throughout Navadvipa”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.12.141:

দিব্য পর্ণ, কর্পূরাদি যত অনুকূল শ্রদ্ধা করি’ দিল, তা’র নাহি নিল মূল ॥ ১৪১ ॥

दिव्य पर्ण, कर्पूरादि यत अनुकूल श्रद्धा करि’ दिल, ता’र नाहि निल मूल ॥ १४१ ॥

divya parṇa, karpūrādi yata anukūla śraddhā kari’ dila, tā’ra nāhi nila mūla || 141 ||

divya parna, karpuradi yata anukula sraddha kari’ dila, ta’ra nahi nila mula (141)

English translation:

(141) The merchant then devotedly offered Nimāi some pan, camphor, and other spices free of cost.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

In common language the word parṇa means pān, or the leaves of the tāmbūla creeper. The word anukūla refers to the various ingredients or spices used to enhance the taste of pān. The word mūla means “price.”

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