Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.4.37, 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 37 of Antya-khanda chapter 4—“Descriptions of Shri Acyutananda’s Pastimes and the Worship of Shri Madhavendra”.
Verse 3.4.37
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.4.37:
নিরন্তর সন্ন্যাসীর ঊর্দ্ধ রোমাবলী পনসের প্রায অঙ্গে পুলক-মণ্ডলী ॥ ৩৭ ॥
निरन्तर सन्न्यासीर ऊर्द्ध रोमावली पनसेर प्राय अङ्गे पुलक-मण्डली ॥ ३७ ॥
nirantara sannyāsīra ūrddha romāvalī panasera prāya aṅge pulaka-maṇḍalī || 37 ||
nirantara sannyasira urddha romavali panasera praya ange pulaka-mandali (37)
English translation:
(37) “The hairs of that sannyāsī’s body always stand on end, and He then resembles a jackfruit.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word panasa means “jackfruit.”