Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.18.11, 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 11 of Madhya-khanda chapter 18—“Mahaprabhu’s Dancing as a Gopi”.
Verse 2.18.11
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.18.11:
শ্রীবাস—নারদ-কাচ, স্নাতক—শ্রীরাম `দেউটিযা আজি মুঞি’ বলযে শ্রীমান্” ॥ ১১ ॥
श्रीवास—नारद-काच, स्नातक—श्रीराम `देउटिया आजि मुञि’ बलये श्रीमान्” ॥ ११ ॥
śrīvāsa—nārada-kāca, snātaka—śrīrāma `deuṭiyā āji muñi’ balaye śrīmān” || 11 ||
srivasa—narada-kaca, snataka—srirama `deutiya aji muni’ balaye sriman” (11)
English translation:
(11) “Śrīvāsa will dress as Nārada, and Śrīrāma will be someone who has just bathed. Śrīmān will volunteer to hold the torch.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word deuṭiyā refers to one who holds a torch, and the word snātaka
refers to a brāhmaṇa who is returning from taking bath.