Chaitanya Bhagavata

by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.11.25, English translation, including a commentary (Gaudiya-bhasya). This text is similair to the Caitanya-caritamrita and narrates the pastimes of Lord Caitanya, proclaimed to be the direct incarnation of Krishna (as Bhagavan) This is verse 25 of Adi-khanda chapter 11—“Meeting with Shri Ishvara Puri”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.11.25:

কেহ কান্দে, কেহ হাসে, কেহ নৃত্য করে গডা-গডি যায কেহ বস্ত্র না সম্বরে ॥ ২৫ ॥

केह कान्दे, केह हासे, केह नृत्य करे गडा-गडि याय केह वस्त्र ना सम्बरे ॥ २५ ॥

keha kānde, keha hāse, keha nṛtya kare gaḍā-gaḍi yāya keha vastra nā sambare || 25 ||

keha kande, keha hase, keha nrtya kare gada-gadi yaya keha vastra na sambare (25)

English translation:

(25) Some of them cried, some laughed, and others danced. The clothes of some persons scattered as they rolled on the ground.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The words vastra nā sambare indicate that they were unable to keep their clothes in order.

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