Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.6.33, 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 33 of Madhya-khanda chapter 6—“The Lord’s Meeting with Advaita Acarya”.
Verse 2.6.33
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.6.33:
ষড্-অঙ্গ-পূজার বিধি যোগ্য সজ্জ লঞা প্রভুর আজ্ঞায চল সস্ত্রীক হৈযা ॥ ৩৩ ॥
षड्-अङ्ग-पूजार विधि योग्य सज्ज लञा प्रभुर आज्ञाय चल सस्त्रीक हैया ॥ ३३ ॥
ṣaḍ-aṅga-pūjāra vidhi yogya sajja lañā prabhura ājñāya cala sastrīka haiyā || 33 ||
sad-anga-pujara vidhi yogya sajja lana prabhura ajnaya cala sastrika haiya (33)
English translation:
(33) “Take the six appropriate ingredients for worshiping Him. The Lord has ordered You to come with Your wife.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The six ingredients for worship in arcana-mārga, the path of Deity worship, are water, āsana, cloth, lamp, food grains, and betel nuts. The six items for invoking auspiciousness are cow dung, cow urine, yogurt, milk, ghee, and gorocana. The six ingredients in bhajana-mārga are offering obeisances, offering prayers, offering the fruits of all activities, offering services, remembering the lotus feet of the Lord, and hearing topics of the Lord.