Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.9.33, 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 33 of Adi-khanda chapter 9—“Nityananda’s Childhood Pastimes and Travels to Holy Places”.
Verse 1.9.33
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.9.33:
কোন-দিন করে গোপীর বসন-হরণ কোন-দিন করে যজ্ঞ-পত্নী-দরশন ॥ ৩৩ ॥
कोन-दिन करे गोपीर वसन-हरण कोन-दिन करे यज्ञ-पत्नी-दरशन ॥ ३३ ॥
kona-dina kare gopīra vasana-haraṇa kona-dina kare yajña-patnī-daraśana || 33 ||
kona-dina kare gopira vasana-harana kona-dina kare yajna-patni-darasana (33)
English translation:
(33) One day they enacted Kṛṣṇa’s pastime of stealing the gopīs’ clothes, and another day they enacted His meeting the wives of the brāhmaṇas.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Regarding gopīra vasana-haraṇa—“stealing the gopīs’ clothes,” one should see Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (10.22.1-28).
Regarding yajña-patnī-daraśana—“meeting the wives of the
brāhmaṇas,” one should see Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (10.23.18-32).