Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.1.35, 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 35 of Adi-khanda chapter 1—“Summary of Lord Gaura’s Pastimes”.
Verse 1.1.35
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.1.35:
উপগীযমানৌ ললিতং স্ত্রী-জনৈর্ বদ্ধ-সৌহৃদৈঃ স্ব্-অলঙ্কৃতানুলিপ্তাঙ্গৌ স্রগ্বিনৌ বিরজো-’ম্বরৌ ॥ ৩৫ ॥
उपगीयमानौ ललितं स्त्री-जनैर् बद्ध-सौहृदैः स्व्-अलङ्कृतानुलिप्ताङ्गौ स्रग्विनौ विरजो-’म्बरौ ॥ ३५ ॥
upagīyamānau lalitaṃ strī-janair baddha-sauhṛdaiḥ sv-alaṅkṛtānuliptāṅgau sragvinau virajo-’mbarau || 35 ||
upagiyamanau lalitam stri-janair baddha-sauhrdaih sv-alankrtanuliptangau sragvinau virajo-’mbarau (35)
English translation:
(35) Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma wore flower garlands and spotless garments, and Their limbs were beautifully decorated and anointed. The women sang Their glories in a charming way, bound to Them by affection.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
According to Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī’s Laghu-toṣaṇī, Lord Balarāma had His own group of gopī friends.