Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.6.59, 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 59 of Adi-khanda chapter 6—“The Lord Begins Studying and His Childhood Mischief”.
Verse 1.6.59
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.6.59:
কেহ বোলে,—“মোর শিব-লিঙ্গ করে চুরি” কেহ বোলে,—“মোর লৈ’ পলায উত্তরী” ॥ ৫৯ ॥
केह बोले,—“मोर शिव-लिङ्ग करे चुरि” केह बोले,—“मोर लै’ पलाय उत्तरी” ॥ ५९ ॥
keha bole,—“mora śiva-liṅga kare curi” keha bole,—“mora lai’ palāya uttarī” || 59 ||
keha bole,—“mora siva-linga kare curi” keha bole,—“mora lai’ palaya uttari” (59)
English translation:
(59) Someone said, “He stole my Śiva-liṅga,” and someone else said, “He ran away with my cādara.”
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word uttarī is a short form of uttarīya, which refers to a cloth worn above the waist, a cādara.