Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.9.73, 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 73 of Madhya-khanda chapter 9—“The Lord’s Twenty-One Hour Ecstasy and Descriptions of Shridhara and Other Devotees’ Characteristics”.
Verse 2.9.73
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.9.73:
কস্তূরী, কুঙ্কুম, শ্রী-কর্পূর, ফাগু-ধূলি সবে শ্রী-চরণে দেই হৈ’ কুতুহলী ॥ ৭৩ ॥
कस्तूरी, कुङ्कुम, श्री-कर्पूर, फागु-धूलि सबे श्री-चरणे देइ है’ कुतुहली ॥ ७३ ॥
kastūrī, kuṅkuma, śrī-karpūra, phāgu-dhūli sabe śrī-caraṇe dei hai’ kutuhalī || 73 ||
kasturi, kunkuma, sri-karpura, phagu-dhuli sabe sri-carane dei hai’ kutuhali (73)
English translation:
(73) Everyone joyfully offered musk, kuṅkuma, camphor, and red powder at the Lord’s lotus feet.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The phrase phāgu-dhūli refers to vermilion, or the red powder that is thrown during Holi.