Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.13.27, 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 27 of Madhya-khanda chapter 13—“The Deliverance of Jagai and Madhai”.
Verse 2.13.27
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.13.27:
কেহ বলে,—“এ দু’-জনকিবা চোর-চর ছলা করি’ চর্চ্চিযা বুলযে ঘরে ঘর ॥ ২৭ ॥
केह बले,—“ए दु’-जनकिबा चोर-चर छला करि’ चर्च्चिया बुलये घरे घर ॥ २७ ॥
keha bale,—“e du’-janakibā cora-cara chalā kari’ carcciyā bulaye ghare ghara || 27 ||
keha bale,—“e du’-janakiba cora-cara chala kari’ carcciya bulaye ghare ghara (27)
English translation:
(27) Someone said, “Perhaps these two are the spies of a thief. They are wandering door to door on the pretext of preaching.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The phrase cora-cara refers to the spies of a thief. They are spies who secretly collect information and give it to their leader. They hide their actual purpose and collect information from door to door.