Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.9.86, 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 86 of Madhya-khanda chapter 9—“The Lord’s Twenty-One Hour Ecstasy and Descriptions of Shridhara and Other Devotees’ Characteristics”.
Verse 2.9.86
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.9.86:
কতেক বা সন্দেশ, কতেক ফল-মূল কতেক সহস্র বাটা কর্পূর তাম্বূল ॥ ৮৬ ॥
कतेक वा सन्देश, कतेक फल-मूल कतेक सहस्र बाटा कर्पूर ताम्बूल ॥ ८६ ॥
kateka vā sandeśa, kateka phala-mūla kateka sahasra bāṭā karpūra tāmbūla || 86 ||
kateka va sandesa, kateka phala-mula kateka sahasra bata karpura tambula (86)
English translation:
(86) They offered large quantities of sweetmeats, fruits, and roots, and thousands of containers filled with betel nuts and camphor.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word bāṭā refers to a container for keeping betel nuts.