Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.5.381, 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 381 of Antya-khanda chapter 5—“The Pastimes of Nityananda”.
Verse 3.5.381
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.5.381:
গোপী-ভাবে বাহ্য নাহি গদাধর দাসে নিরবধি আপনাকে ‘গোপী হেন বাসে ॥ ৩৮১ ॥
गोपी-भावे बाह्य नाहि गदाधर दासे निरवधि आपनाके ‘गोपी हेन वासे ॥ ३८१ ॥
gopī-bhāve bāhya nāhi gadādhara dāse niravadhi āpanāke ‘gopī hena vāse || 381 ||
gopi-bhave bahya nahi gadadhara dase niravadhi apanake ‘gopi hena vase (381)
English translation:
(381) Gadādhara dāsa had no external consciousness, for he was absorbed in the mood of a gopī and always considered himself to be a gopī.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Śrī Gadādhara dāsa always remained absorbed in his constitutional
position and did not externally accept the dress of a sakhī. He certainly was always absorbed in the mood of a gopī, but he did not display duplicity by wearing a gopīs dress.