Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.15.172, 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 172 of Adi-khanda chapter 15—“Marriage with Shri Vishnupriya”.
Verse 1.15.172
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.15.172:
তবে মধ্যে অন্তঃপট ধরি’ লোকাচারে সপ্ত প্রদক্ষিণ করাইলেন কন্যারে ॥ ১৭২ ॥
तबे मध्ये अन्तःपट धरि’ लोकाचारे सप्त प्रदक्षिण कराइलेन कन्यारे ॥ १७२ ॥
tabe madhye antaḥpaṭa dhari’ lokācāre sapta pradakṣiṇa karāilena kanyāre || 172 ||
tabe madhye antahpata dhari’ lokacare sapta pradaksina karailena kanyare (172)
English translation:
(172) Following current practice, the Lord was blindfolded with a cloth and the bride was made to circumambulate Him seven times.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word antaḥpaṭa refers to either a piece of cloth that is used to cover the groom during the marriage or a curtain.