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CC Madhya 8.18

Bengali

সূর্যশত-সম কান্তি, অরুণ বসন ।
সুবলিত প্রকাণ্ড দেহ, কমল-লোচন ॥ ১৮ ॥

Text

sūrya-śata-sama kānti, aruṇa vasana
subalita prakāṇḍa deha, kamala-locana

Synonyms

sūrya-śata — hundreds of suns; sama — like; kānti — luster; aruṇa — saffron; vasana — garments; subalita — very strongly built; prakāṇḍa — big; deha — body; kamala-locana — eyes like lotus petals.

Translation

Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya then saw Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to be as brilliant as a hundred suns. The Lord was covered by a saffron garment. He was large in body and very strongly built, and His eyes were like lotus petals.