Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.9.27, 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 27 of Madhya-khanda chapter 9—“The Lord’s Twenty-One Hour Ecstasy and Descriptions of Shridhara and Other Devotees’ Characteristics”.
Verse 2.9.27
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.9.27:
শেষে শ্রী-কর্পূর চতুঃসম-আদি দিযাসজ্জ করিলেন সবে প্রেম-যুক্ত হৈযা ॥ ২৭ ॥
शेषे श्री-कर्पूर चतुःसम-आदि दियासज्ज करिलेन सबे प्रेम-युक्त हैया ॥ २७ ॥
śeṣe śrī-karpūra catuḥsama-ādi diyāsajja karilena sabe prema-yukta haiyā || 27 ||
sese sri-karpura catuhsama-adi diyasajja karilena sabe prema-yukta haiya (27)
English translation:
(27) Thereafter they joyfully prepared for the abhiṣeka by mixing camphor and four other ingredients in the water.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The Hari-bhakti-vilāsa (6.115) quotes the Garuḍa Purāṇa as follows: “Catuḥsama consists of two portions of musk, four portions of sandalwood, three portions of kuṅkuma, and one portion of camphor.”