Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.11.70, 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 70 of Adi-khanda chapter 11—“Meeting with Shri Ishvara Puri”.
Verse 1.11.70
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.11.70:
হেন-কালে নবদ্বীপে শ্রী-ঈশ্বর-পুরী আইলেন অতি অলক্ষিত-বেশ ধরি’ ॥ ৭০ ॥
हेन-काले नवद्वीपे श्री-ईश्वर-पुरी आइलेन अति अलक्षित-वेश धरि’ ॥ ७० ॥
hena-kāle navadvīpe śrī-īśvara-purī āilena ati alakṣita-veśa dhari’ || 70 ||
hena-kale navadvipe sri-isvara-puri ailena ati alaksita-vesa dhari’ (70)
English translation:
(70) In the meantime, Śrī Īśvara Purī came in disguise to Navadvīpa.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word alakṣita-veśa, or “in disguise,” means that he was dressed in such way that people would not know that he was a devotee. In other words, he came dressed as an ekadaṇḍi-sannyāsī.