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CC Antya 9.57



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."