Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.7.40, 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 40 of Antya-khanda chapter 7—“Pastimes in Shri Gadadhara’s Garden”.
Verse 3.7.40
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.7.40:
স্বর্ণ-মুক্তা-হীরা-কসা-রুদ্রাক্ষাদি রূপে নব-বিধা ভক্তি ধরিযাছ নিজ-সুখে ॥ ৪০ ॥
स्वर्ण-मुक्ता-हीरा-कसा-रुद्राक्षादि रूपे नव-विधा भक्ति धरियाछ निज-सुखे ॥ ४० ॥
svarṇa-muktā-hīrā-kasā-rudrākṣādi rūpe nava-vidhā bhakti dhariyācha nija-sukhe || 40 ||
svarna-mukta-hira-kasa-rudraksadi rupe nava-vidha bhakti dhariyacha nija-sukhe (40)
English translation:
(40) “You take pleasure decorating Yourself with the nine processes of devotional service in the form of ornaments bedecked with gold, pearls, diamonds, and rudrākṣa.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word kasā means “bedecked” or “set with.”