Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.9.48, 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 48 of Madhya-khanda chapter 9—“The Lord’s Twenty-One Hour Ecstasy and Descriptions of Shridhara and Other Devotees’ Characteristics”.
Verse 2.9.48
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.9.48:
যজ্ঞ-সূত্র যথা-শক্তি বস্ত্র-অলঙ্কার পূজিলেন করিযাষোডশ উপচার ॥ ৪৮ ॥
यज्ञ-सूत्र यथा-शक्ति वस्त्र-अलङ्कार पूजिलेन करियाषोडश उपचार ॥ ४८ ॥
yajña-sūtra yathā-śakti vastra-alaṅkāra pūjilena kariyāṣoḍaśa upacāra || 48 ||
yajna-sutra yatha-sakti vastra-alankara pujilena kariyasodasa upacara (48)
English translation:
(48) According to their capacity they offered brāhmaṇa thread, clothes, and ornaments. In this way they worshiped the Lord with sixteen
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
ingredients.
For the meaning of ṣoḍaśa upacāra, “sixteen ingredients of worship,” see the purport to Madhya-khaṇḍa, Chapter Six, verse 110.