Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.44, 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 44 of Madhya-khanda chapter 2—“The Lord’s Manifestation at the House of Shrivasa and the Inauguration of Sankirtana”.
Verse 2.44
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.44:
নিঙাডযে বস্ত্র কারো করিযা যতনে ধুতি-বস্ত্র তুলি’ কারো দেন ত’ আপনে ॥ ৪৪ ॥
निङाडये वस्त्र कारो करिया यतने धुति-वस्त्र तुलि’ कारो देन त’ आपने ॥ ४४ ॥
niṅāḍaye vastra kāro kariyā yatane dhuti-vastra tuli’ kāro dena ta’ āpane || 44 ||
ninadaye vastra karo kariya yatane dhuti-vastra tuli’ karo dena ta’ apane (44)
English translation:
(44) He carefully wrung out the water from someone’s wet cloth and handed someone else his dhotī.