Verse 2.8.159

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.8.159:

কখন বা হয অঙ্গ জ্বলন্ত অনল দিতে মাত্র মলযজ শুখায সকল ॥ ১৫৯ ॥

कखन वा हय अङ्ग ज्वलन्त अनल दिते मात्र मलयज शुखाय सकल ॥ १५९ ॥

kakhana vā haya aṅga jvalanta anala dite mātra malayaja śukhāya sakala || 159 ||

kakhana va haya anga jvalanta anala dite matra malayaja sukhaya sakala (159)

English translation:

(159) Sometimes His body became as hot as a blazing fire, and when sandalwood pulp was smeared on His body, it dried immediately.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Sometimes the heat of His body was like a blazing fire, for as soon as sandalwood pulp was applied to His body, it would dry up.

The word malayaja refers to the sandalwood brought from the Malaya Hills.