CC Antya 9.57

Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, Chapter 9: The Deliverance of Gopīnātha Paṭṭanāyaka

CC Antya 9.56

CC Antya 9.58

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 57

saṅkhyā lāgi’ dui-hāte aṅgulīte lekhā
sahasrādi pūrṇa haile, aṅge kāṭe rekhā“

SYNONYMS

saṅkhyā lāgi’—for counting; dui-hāte—in two hands; aṅgulīte—on the fingers; lekhā—marking; sahasra-ādi—one thousand times; pūrṇa haile—when finished; aṅge—on the body; kāṭe rekhā—makes a mark.

TRANSLATION

“He counted the chants on the fingers of both hands, and after he had finished chanting one thousand times, he would make a mark on his body.”