Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.15.131, 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 131 of Adi-khanda chapter 15—“Marriage with Shri Vishnupriya”.
Verse 1.15.131
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.15.131:
ধান্য, দূর্বা, সূত্র করে করিযা বন্ধন ধরিতে দিলেন রম্ভা মঞ্জরী দর্পণ ॥ ১৩১ ॥
धान्य, दूर्वा, सूत्र करे करिया बन्धन धरिते दिलेन रम्भा मञ्जरी दर्पण ॥ १३१ ॥
dhānya, dūrvā, sūtra kare kariyā bandhana dharite dilena rambhā mañjarī darpaṇa || 131 ||
dhanya, durva, sutra kare kariya bandhana dharite dilena rambha manjari darpana (131)
English translation:
(131) Dūrvā grass was tied with a thread around His right wrist, and He held a mirror and a fresh banana leaf in His hands.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The phrase rambhā mañjarī refers to newly grown banana leaves or the middle portion of a banana tree.