Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.1.287, 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 287 of Madhya-khanda chapter 1—“The Beginning of the Lord’s Manifestation and His Instructions on Krishna-sankirtana”.
Verse 2.1.287
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.1.287:
যোগপট্ট-ছান্দে বস্ত্র করিযা বন্ধন সূত্রের করযে প্রভু খণ্ডন স্থাপন ॥ ২৮৭ ॥
योगपट्ट-छान्दे वस्त्र करिया बन्धन सूत्रेर करये प्रभु खण्डन स्थापन ॥ २८७ ॥
yogapaṭṭa-chānde vastra kariyā bandhana sūtrera karaye prabhu khaṇḍana sthāpana || 287 ||
yogapatta-chande vastra kariya bandhana sutrera karaye prabhu khandana sthapana (287)
English translation:
(287) Wearing His cloth like a sannyāsī, the Lord repeatedly established and refuted sūtras.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
For an explanation of the phrase yogapaṭṭa-chānde, one should refer to
Ādi-khaṇḍa, Chapter Ten, verse 12.