Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.10.96, 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 96 of Antya-khanda chapter 10—“The Glories of Shri Pundarika Vidyanidhi”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.10.96:

পট্ট-নেত—শুক্ল, পীত, নীল নানা বর্ণে দিব্য বস্ত্র দেন, মুক্তা রচিত সুবর্ণে ॥ ৯৬ ॥

पट्ट-नेत—शुक्ल, पीत, नील नाना वर्णे दिव्य वस्त्र देन, मुक्ता रचित सुवर्णे ॥ ९६ ॥

paṭṭa-neta—śukla, pīta, nīla nānā varṇe divya vastra dena, muktā racita suvarṇe || 96 ||

patta-neta—sukla, pita, nila nana varne divya vastra dena, mukta racita suvarne (96)

English translation:

(96) Fine white, yellow, and blue silk clothes decorated with pearls and gold were offered to the Deity form of the Lord.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The phrase paṭṭa-neta means “fine silk cloth (the word paṭṭa refers to jute, silk, etc., and the word neta refers to fine cloth.)

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