Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.23.169, 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 169 of Madhya-khanda chapter 23—“Wandering about Navadvipa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi”.
Verse 2.23.169
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.23.169:
করিতে লাগিলা প্রভু বেডিযা কীর্তন সবার অঙ্গেতে মালাশ্রী-ফাগু-চন্দন ॥ ১৬৯ ॥
करिते लागिला प्रभु वेडिया कीर्तन सबार अङ्गेते मालाश्री-फागु-चन्दन ॥ १६९ ॥
karite lāgilā prabhu veḍiyā kīrtana sabāra aṅgete mālāśrī-phāgu-candana || 169 ||
karite lagila prabhu vediya kirtana sabara angete malasri-phagu-candana (169)
English translation:
(169) The Lord then began kīrtana in the midst of the devotees, who were all decorated with garlands, colored powder, and sandalwood paste.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The phrase śrī-phāgu-candana refers to colored powder and sandalwood paste. In spring it is customary to smear colored powder and sandalwood
paste on one’s body. From this it is understood that Śrī Gaurasundara’s pastime of subduing the opposition to kīrtana took place sometime around Holi.