Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.15.116, 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 116 of Adi-khanda chapter 15—“Marriage with Shri Vishnupriya”.
Verse 1.15.116
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.15.116:
ষষ্ঠী পূজি’ তবে বন্ধু মন্দিরে মন্দিরে লোকাচার করিযা আইলা নিজ-ঘরে ॥ ১১৬ ॥
षष्ठी पूजि’ तबे बन्धु मन्दिरे मन्दिरे लोकाचार करिया आइला निज-घरे ॥ ११६ ॥
ṣaṣṭhī pūji’ tabe bandhu mandire mandire lokācāra kariyā āilā nija-ghare || 116 ||
sasthi puji’ tabe bandhu mandire mandire lokacara kariya aila nija-ghare (116)
English translation:
(116) After worshiping Ṣaṣṭhī, she went to the houses of her relatives, where she performed the rituals in current practice before returning home.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The phrase bandhu mandire mandire refers to the houses of relatives and friends.