Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.10.88, 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 88 of Antya-khanda chapter 10—“The Glories of Shri Pundarika Vidyanidhi”.
Verse 3.10.88
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.10.88:
যাত্রা আসি’ বাজিল ‘ওডন-ষষ্ঠী নাম নযা-বস্ত্র পরে জগন্নাথ ভগবান্ ॥ ৮৮ ॥
यात्रा आसि’ बाजिल ‘ओडन-षष्ठी नाम नया-वस्त्र परे जगन्नाथ भगवान् ॥ ८८ ॥
yātrā āsi’ bājila ‘oḍana-ṣaṣṭhī nāma nayā-vastra pare jagannātha bhagavān || 88 ||
yatra asi’ bajila ‘odana-sasthi nama naya-vastra pare jagannatha bhagavan (88)
English translation:
(88) Soon the time came for the festival called Oḍana-ṣaṣṭhī. On this occasion, Lord Jagannātha wears a new dress.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Because Lord Jagannātha in Śrīdhāma Purī wears a new winter dress on the sixth day of the waxing moon in the month of Agrahāyaṇa (November-December), this festival is called Oḍana-ṣaṣṭhī (oḍana means “to wear” and ṣaṣṭhī means “sixth day”), or the festival of dressing Lord Jagannātha. The festival has taken this name because Lord Jagannātha wears a winter dress. This festival continues up to the fourth day of the waxing moon in the month of Māgha (January-February).