Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.4.279, 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 279 of Antya-khanda chapter 4—“Descriptions of Shri Acyutananda’s Pastimes and the Worship of Shri Madhavendra”.
Verse 3.4.279
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.4.279:
আই জানে—প্রভুর সন্তোষ বড শাকে বিংশতি প্রকার শাক রান্ধিল এতেকে ॥ ২৭৯ ॥
आइ जाने—प्रभुर सन्तोष बड शाके विंशति प्रकार शाक रान्धिल एतेके ॥ २७९ ॥
āi jāne—prabhura santoṣa baḍa śāke viṃśati prakāra śāka rāndhila eteke || 279 ||
ai jane—prabhura santosa bada sake vimsati prakara saka randhila eteke (279)
English translation:
(279) Mother Śacī knew that the Lord was very fond of śāka (spinach), so she cooked twenty different varieties.