CC Madhya 20.222 (1975)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

Madhya-līlā 20.221 - Madhya-līlā 20.223

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 222

dakṣiṇādho hasta haite vāmādhaḥ paryanta

cakrādi astra-dhāraṇa-gaṇanāra anta

SYNONYMS

dakṣiṇa-adhaḥ—the lower right; hasta—hand; haite—from; vāma-adhaḥ—the lower left hand; paryanta—up to; cakra-ādi—beginning with the disc; astra-dhāraṇa—of holding the weapons; gaṇanāra—of counting; anta—the end.

TRANSLATION

"The procedure for counting begins with the lower right hand and goes to the upper right hand, the upper left hand, and the lower left hand. Lord Viṣṇu is named according to the order the objects are held in His hands.

Madhya-līlā 20.221 - Madhya-līlā 20.223