Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.101, 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 101 of Madhya-khanda chapter 2—“The Lord’s Manifestation at the House of Shrivasa and the Inauguration of Sankirtana”.
Verse 2.101
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.101:
কেহ বলে,—“ইথে অল্প-ঔষধে কি করে’? শিবা-ঘৃত-প্রযোগে সে এ-বাযু নিস্তরে ॥ ১০১ ॥
केह बले,—“इथे अल्प-औषधे कि करे’? शिवा-घृत-प्रयोगे से ए-वायु निस्तरे ॥ १०१ ॥
keha bale,—“ithe alpa-auṣadhe ki kare’? śivā-ghṛta-prayoge se e-vāyu nistare || 101 ||
keha bale,—“ithe alpa-ausadhe ki kare’? siva-ghrta-prayoge se e-vayu nistare (101)
English translation:
(101) Someone else said, “What can such weak medicine do? His disease will be cured only if you smear some medicated ghee on Him.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The phrase śivā-ghṛta refers to a special kind of ghee prescribed in Āyur- veda for curing the disease of insanity.