Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.22.19, 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 19 of Madhya-khanda chapter 22—“Delivering Shacidevi from Offense and Descriptions of Nityananda’s Qualities”.
Verse 2.22.19
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.22.19:
বাম-দিকে গদাধর তাম্বূল যোগায চারি-দিকে ভক্ত-গণ চামর ঢুলায ॥ ১৯ ॥
वाम-दिके गदाधर ताम्बूल योगाय चारि-दिके भक्त-गण चामर ढुलाय ॥ १९ ॥
vāma-dike gadādhara tāmbūla yogāya cāri-dike bhakta-gaṇa cāmara ḍhulāya || 19 ||
vama-dike gadadhara tambula yogaya cari-dike bhakta-gana camara dhulaya (19)
English translation:
(19) From the left of the Lord, Gadādhara offered betel nuts. Devotees on
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
all sides fanned the Lord with cāmaras.