Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.9.72, 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 72 of Madhya-khanda chapter 9—“The Lord’s Twenty-One Hour Ecstasy and Descriptions of Shridhara and Other Devotees’ Characteristics”.
Verse 2.9.72
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.9.72:
কেহ পূজে করিযাষোডশ উপচারে কেহ বাষড্-অঙ্গ-মতে, যেন স্ফুরে যা’রে ॥ ৭২ ॥
केह पूजे करियाषोडश उपचारे केह वाषड्-अङ्ग-मते, येन स्फुरे या’रे ॥ ७२ ॥
keha pūje kariyāṣoḍaśa upacāre keha vāṣaḍ-aṅga-mate, yena sphure yā’re || 72 ||
keha puje kariyasodasa upacare keha vasad-anga-mate, yena sphure ya’re (72)
English translation:
(72) Someone was inspired to worship with sixteen ingredients, while someone was inspired to worship with six ingredients.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
For the meaning of ṣaḍ-aṅga-mate, “with six ingredients,” see Madhya- khaṇḍa (6.33).