Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.8.89, 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 89 of Antya-khanda chapter 8—“Mahaprabhu’s Water Sports in Narendra- sarovara”.
Verse 3.8.89
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.8.89:
জগন্নাথ-দেবের আজ্ঞায সেই-ক্ষণ সহস্র সহস্র মালা আইল চন্দন ॥ ৮৯ ॥
जगन्नाथ-देवेर आज्ञाय सेइ-क्षण सहस्र सहस्र माला आइल चन्दन ॥ ८९ ॥
jagannātha-devera ājñāya sei-kṣaṇa sahasra sahasra mālā āila candana || 89 ||
jagannatha-devera ajnaya sei-ksana sahasra sahasra mala aila candana (89)
English translation:
(89) By the order of Lord Jagannātha, sandalwood pulp and thousands of flower garlands were brought there at that time.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Lord Jagannātha, as the caitya-guru, the spiritual master within the heart, ordered His Nīlācala servants to honor the visiting devotees by offering garlands to them. Those were bhagavad-ājñā-mālās, garlands signifying the Lord’s order.