Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.6.69, 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 69 of Adi-khanda chapter 6—“The Lord Begins Studying and His Childhood Mischief”.
Verse 1.6.69
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.6.69:
স্ত্রী-বাসে পুরুষ-বাসে করযে বদল পরিবার বেলা সবে লজ্জায বিকল! ॥ ৬৯ ॥
स्त्री-वासे पुरुष-वासे करये बदल परिबार बेला सबे लज्जाय विकल! ॥ ६९ ॥
strī-vāse puruṣa-vāse karaye badala paribāra belā sabe lajjāya vikala! || 69 ||
stri-vase purusa-vase karaye badala paribara bela sabe lajjaya vikala! (69)
English translation:
(69) “He exchanges the men’s cloth with the women’s, and then everyone is embarrassed when they go to dress.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The words strī-vāse puruṣa-vāse refers to the cloths worn by women and men, and the word vikala means “overwhelmed,” “agitated,” “morose,” or “absorbed.”