Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.5.352, 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 352 of Antya-khanda chapter 5—“The Pastimes of Nityananda”.
Verse 3.5.352-353
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.5.352-353:
পারিষদ সব ধরিলেন অলঙ্কার অঙ্গদ, বলয, মল্ল, নূপুর, সু-হার শিঙ্গা, বেত্র, বংশী, ছাঙ্দ-দডি, গুঞ্জা- মালাসবে ধরিলেন গোপালের অংশ-কলা ॥ ৩৫২-৩৫৩ ॥
पारिषद सब धरिलेन अलङ्कार अङ्गद, बलय, मल्ल, नूपुर, सु-हार शिङ्गा, वेत्र, वंशी, छाङ्द-दडि, गुञ्जा- मालासबे धरिलेन गोपालेर अंश-कला ॥ ३५२-३५३ ॥
pāriṣada saba dharilena alaṅkāra aṅgada, balaya, malla, nūpura, su-hāra śiṅgā, vetra, vaṃśī, chāṅda-daḍi, guñjā- mālāsabe dharilena gopālera aṃśa-kalā || 352-353 ||
parisada saba dharilena alankara angada, balaya, malla, nupura, su-hara singa, vetra, vamsi, chanda-dadi, gunja- malasabe dharilena gopalera amsa-kala (352-353)
English translation:
(352-353) His associates decorated themselves with various ornaments like bracelets, bangles, leg bands, anklebells, beautiful necklaces, buffalo horns, sticks, flutes, ropes, and garlands of guñjā (small red-and- black seeds), for they were all expansions of the cowherd boys of Vraja.