Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.2.134, 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 134 of Adi-khanda chapter 2—“The Lord’s Appearance”.
Verse 1.2.134
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.2.134:
যে প্রভু পতিত-জনে নিস্তার করিতে অবধূত-বেশ ধরি’ ভ্রমিলা জগতে ॥ ১৩৪ ॥
ये प्रभु पतित-जने निस्तार करिते अवधूत-वेश धरि’ भ्रमिला जगते ॥ १३४ ॥
ye prabhu patita-jane nistāra karite avadhūta-veśa dhari’ bhramilā jagate || 134 ||
ye prabhu patita-jane nistara karite avadhuta-vesa dhari’ bhramila jagate (134)
English translation:
(134) In order to deliver the fallen souls, Nityānanda Prabhu accepted the dress of a mendicant and traveled throughout the world.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
In order to deliver the fallen souls, Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu accepted the dress of a paramahaṃsa avadhūta and wandered like a mendicant.
The words avadhūta-veśa indicate accepting the appearance of a sannyāsī rather than dressing like a materialist, who is under the control of material sense perception.