Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.18.13, 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 13 of Madhya-khanda chapter 18—“Mahaprabhu’s Dancing as a Gopi”.
Verse 2.18.13
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.18.13:
সত্বর চলহ বুদ্ধিমন্ত খান তুমি কাচ সজ্জ কর গিযা, নাচিবাঙ আমি” ॥ ১৩ ॥
सत्वर चलह बुद्धिमन्त खान तुमि काच सज्ज कर गिया, नाचिबाङ आमि” ॥ १३ ॥
satvara calaha buddhimanta khāna tumi kāca sajja kara giyā, nācibāṅa āmi” || 13 ||
satvara calaha buddhimanta khana tumi kaca sajja kara giya, nacibana ami” (13)
English translation:
(13) “O Buddhimanta, go quickly and arrange the costumes so that I may dance.”
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word kāca means “dress,” “decorations,” or “actors’ costumes.” The word sajja means “prepare” or “arrange.”