Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.28.95, 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 95 of Madhya-khanda chapter 28—“The Lord’s Pastime of Accepting Sannyasa”.
Verse 2.28.95
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.28.95:
কেহ বলে,—“চল ঘরে দ্বারে অগ্নি দিযা কাণে পরি’ কুণ্ডল চলিব যোগী হঞা ॥ ৯৫ ॥
केह बले,—“चल घरे द्वारे अग्नि दिया काणे परि’ कुण्डल चलिब योगी हञा ॥ ९५ ॥
keha bale,—“cala ghare dvāre agni diyā kāṇe pari’ kuṇḍala caliba yogī hañā || 95 ||
keha bale,—“cala ghare dvare agni diya kane pari’ kundala caliba yogi hana (95)
English translation:
(95) Someone said, “Let us burn our homes and leave this place. We can become mendicant yogis and accept the sign of a mendicant by wearing an ivory earring.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Realizing that Śrī Gaurasundara has taken sannyāsa, some people decided that they would set fire to their houses and leave that place to become kāṇphāṭ-yogīs. Kāṇphāṭ-yogīs prevent external sound vibrations from entering their ears by piercing their ears and putting pegs in those two holes to cover their eardrums.