CC Antya 9.57

Antya-līlā, Chapter 9, Text 57

সংখ্যা লাগি’ দুই-হাতে অঙ্গুলীতে লেখা ।
সহস্রাদি পূর্ণ হৈলে, অঙ্গে কাটে রেখা ।।” ৫৭ ।। ॥ ৫৭ ॥

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

Word by word

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.”