Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.4.450, 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 450 of Antya-khanda chapter 4—“Descriptions of Shri Acyutananda’s Pastimes and the Worship of Shri Madhavendra”.
Verse 3.4.450
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.4.450:
কেহ বলে,—“জল আনিবারে মোর ভার” কেহ বলে,—“মোর দায স্থান-উপস্কার” ॥ ৪৫০ ॥
केह बले,—“जल आनिबारे मोर भार” केह बले,—“मोर दाय स्थान-उपस्कार” ॥ ४५० ॥
keha bale,—“jala ānibāre mora bhāra” keha bale,—“mora dāya sthāna-upaskāra” || 450 ||
keha bale,—“jala anibare mora bhara” keha bale,—“mora daya sthana-upaskara” (450)
English translation:
(450) Someone else said, “I will bring the water.” Another person said, “My duty will be to clean the place.”
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word upaskāra means “to clean” or “to sweep.”