Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.12.243, 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 243 of Adi-khanda chapter 12—“The Lord’s Wandering Throughout Navadvipa”.
Verse 1.12.243
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.12.243:
ব্যবহারে রাজ-যোগ্য বস্ত্র পরিধান অঙ্গে পীত-বস্ত্র শোভে কৃষ্ণের সমান ॥ ২৪৩ ॥
व्यवहारे राज-योग्य वस्त्र परिधान अङ्गे पीत-वस्त्र शोभे कृष्णेर समान ॥ २४३ ॥
vyavahāre rāja-yogya vastra paridhāna aṅge pīta-vastra śobhe kṛṣṇera samāna || 243 ||
vyavahare raja-yogya vastra paridhana ange pita-vastra sobhe krsnera samana (243)
English translation:
(243) Nimāi was dressed like a king. The yellow cloth that covered His body made Him look just like Kṛṣṇa.