Chaitanya Bhagavata

by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.1.16, 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 16 of Antya-khanda chapter 1—“Meeting Again at the House of Shri Advaita Acarya”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.1.16:

বাহ্য দূরে গেল ভারতীর প্রেম-রসে গডাগডি যায বস্ত্র না সম্বরে শেষে ॥ ১৬ ॥

बाह्य दूरे गेल भारतीर प्रेम-रसे गडागडि याय वस्त्र ना सम्वरे शेषे ॥ १६ ॥

bāhya dūre gela bhāratīra prema-rase gaḍāgaḍi yāya vastra nā samvare śeṣe || 16 ||

bahya dure gela bharatira prema-rase gadagadi yaya vastra na samvare sese (16)

English translation:

(16) In the mellows of ecstatic love, Keśava Bhāratī lost external consciousness. He rolled on the ground, and his clothes became disarrayed.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The word samvare means “to control.”

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