Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.4.79, 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 79 of Adi-khanda chapter 4—“Name-giving Ceremony, Childhood Pastimes, and Thieves Kidnap the Lord”.
Verse 1.4.79
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.4.79:
সুবলিত মস্তকে চাঙ্চর ভাল-কেশ কমল-নযন,—যেন গোপালের বেশ ॥ ৭৯ ॥
सुवलित मस्तके चाङ्चर भाल-केश कमल-नयन,—येन गोपालेर वेश ॥ ७९ ॥
suvalita mastake cāṅcara bhāla-keśa kamala-nayana,—yena gopālera veśa || 79 ||
suvalita mastake cancara bhala-kesa kamala-nayana,—yena gopalera vesa (79)
English translation:
(79) The Lord’s head was decorated with curling locks of hair, and with His lotus eyes He looked just like Gopāla.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word suvalita means “nicely decorated.” The word cāṅcara means “curly.” The word bhāla-keśa refers to hairs that fall over the forehead. The words gopālera veśa mean “dressed like Kṛṣṇa.” The body of Śrī Mahāprabhu is nondifferent from the body of Kṛṣṇa, His external complexion in that of Śrī Rādhikā, and His internal mood is like that of the gopīs. Therefore He was seen in the dress of a cowherd boy.