Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.8.19, 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 19 of Adi-khanda chapter 8—“The Disappearance of Jagannatha Mishra”.
Verse 1.8.19
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.8.19:
দ্বিজ-পত্নী-রূপ ধরি’ ব্রহ্মাণী, রুদ্রাণী যত পতি-ব্রতা মুনি-বর্গের গৃহিণী ॥ ১৯ ॥
द्विज-पत्नी-रूप धरि’ ब्रह्माणी, रुद्राणी यत पति-व्रता मुनि-वर्गेर गृहिणी ॥ १९ ॥
dvija-patnī-rūpa dhari’ brahmāṇī, rudrāṇī yata pati-vratā muni-vargera gṛhiṇī || 19 ||
dvija-patni-rupa dhari’ brahmani, rudrani yata pati-vrata muni-vargera grhini (19)
English translation:
(19) The chaste wives of Brahmā, Śiva, and various great sages all took the form of brāhmaṇas’ wives.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word brahmāṇī refers to goddess Sarasvatī, the word rudrāṇī refers to goddess Pārvatī, the words muni gṛhiṇī refer to the sages’ wives like Aditi, Anasūyā, Arundhatī, and Devahūti.