Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.12.186, 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 186 of Adi-khanda chapter 12—“The Lord’s Wandering Throughout Navadvipa”.
Verse 1.12.186
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.12.186:
প্রভু বোলে,—“দেখিলাঙ গাঙ্ঠি দশ-ঠাঞি ঘরে বোল, দেখিতেছি খডগাছি নাই ॥ ১৮৬ ॥
प्रभु बोले,—“देखिलाङ गाङ्ठि दश-ठाञि घरे बोल, देखितेछि खडगाछि नाइ ॥ १८६ ॥
prabhu bole,—“dekhilāṅa gāṅṭhi daśa-ṭhāñi ghare bola, dekhitechi khaḍagāchi nāi || 186 ||
prabhu bole,—“dekhilana ganthi dasa-thani ghare bola, dekhitechi khadagachi nai (186)
English translation:
(186) The Lord said, “But I see your cloth is mended in ten places, and the roof of your cottage has no straw.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word gāṅṭhi (a corrupted form of the Sanskrit word granthi) means “knotted,” “tied,” or “sown.”
The Lord then said, “I can see that there are many knots all over your old torn cloth, and there are many holes in the thatched roof of your old cottage.”