Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.9.42, 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 42 of Madhya-khanda chapter 9—“The Lord’s Twenty-One Hour Ecstasy and Descriptions of Shridhara and Other Devotees’ Characteristics”.
Verse 2.9.42
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.9.42:
নানা বেদ-মন্ত্র পডি’ সর্ব-ভক্ত-গণ স্নান করাইযা অঙ্গ করিলা মার্জন ॥ ৪২ ॥
नाना वेद-मन्त्र पडि’ सर्व-भक्त-गण स्नान कराइया अङ्ग करिला मार्जन ॥ ४२ ॥
nānā veda-mantra paḍi’ sarva-bhakta-gaṇa snāna karāiyā aṅga karilā mārjana || 42 ||
nana veda-mantra padi’ sarva-bhakta-gana snana karaiya anga karila marjana (42)
English translation:
(42) All the devotees bathed the Lord while chanting various Vedic mantras, and then they dried His body.