Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.6.110, 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 110 of Madhya-khanda chapter 6—“The Lord’s Meeting with Advaita Acarya”.
Verse 2.6.110
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.6.110:
করিযা চরণ-পূজাষোডশোপচারে আর-বার দিলা মাল্য-বস্ত্র-অলঙ্কারে ॥ ১১০ ॥
करिया चरण-पूजाषोडशोपचारे आर-बार दिला माल्य-वस्त्र-अलङ्कारे ॥ ११० ॥
kariyā caraṇa-pūjāṣoḍaśopacāre āra-bāra dilā mālya-vastra-alaṅkāre || 110 ||
kariya carana-pujasodasopacare ara-bara dila malya-vastra-alankare (110)
English translation:
(110) After worshiping the Lord’s feet with sixteen ingredients, He offered a flower garland, cloth, and ornaments.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
According to the Hari-bhakti-vilāsa (11.46, 49), ṣoḍaśopacāre, or the sixteen ingredients of worship, are as follows: āsana (seat), svāgata (welcome), arghya (ingredients offered to the hand), pādya (water for washing the feet), ācamanīya (water for washing the mouth), madhuparka (ingredients offered before bath), ācamana (water for washing the hands and mouth), snāna (bath), vasana (cloth), ābharaṇa (ornaments), sugandha (sandalwood paste), puṣpa (flowers), dhūpa (incense), dīpa (lamp), naivedya (foodstuffs), and vandanā(prayers). According to others, the sixteen ingredients are āsana (seat), āvāhana (greeting), pādya (water for washing the feet), arghya (ingredients offered to the hand), ācamanīya (water for washing the mouth), snāna (bath), vasana (cloth), bhūṣaṇa (ornaments), gandha (sandalwood paste), puṣpa (flowers), dhūpa (incense), dīpa (lamp), naivedya (foodstuffs), puṣpāñjali (offering of
flowers), pradakṣiṇa (circumambulation), namaskāra (obeisances), and
visarjana (immersion).