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The Advent of Lord Caitanya
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PURPORT
The words  vastra-gupta dolā  are very significant in this verse. Even fifty or sixty years ago in Calcutta, all respectable ladies would go to a neighboring place riding on a palanquin carried by four men. The palanquin was covered with soft cotton, and in that way there was no chance to see a respectable lady traveling in public. Ladies, especially those coming from respectable families, could not be seen by ordinary men. This system is still current in remote places. The Sanskrit word  asūrya-paśyā  indicates that a respectable lady could not be seen even by the sun. In the oriental culture this system was very much prevalent and was strictly observed by respectable ladies, both Hindu and Moslem. We have actual experience in our childhood that our mother would not go next door to her house to observe an invitation by walking; she would go in either a carriage or a palanquin carried by four men. This custom was also strictly followed five hundred years ago, and the wife of Advaita Ācārya, being a very respectable lady, observed the customary rules current in that social environment.
TEXT 115
ভক্ষ্য, ভোজ্য, উপহার, সঙ্গে লইল বহু ভার, শচীগৃহে হৈল উপনীত । দেখিয়া বালক-ঠাম, সাক্ষাৎ গোকুল-কান, বর্ণমাত্র দেখি বিপরীত ॥ ১১৫ ॥
bhakṣya, bhojya, upahāra, saṅge la-ila bahu bhāra, śacīgṛhe haila upanīta dekhiyā bālaka-ṭhāma, sākṣāt gokula-kāna, varṇa-mātra dekhi viparīta
SYNONYMS
bhakṣya —foodstuffs;  bhojya —fried foodstuffs;  upahāra —presentation;  saṅge —along with her;  la-ila —took;  bahu bhāra —many packages;  śacī-gṛhe —in the house of mother Śacī;  haila —was;  upanīta —carried;  dekhiyā —seeing;  bālaka-ṭhāma —the feature of the child;  sākṣāt —directly;  gokula-kāna —Lord Kṛṣṇa of Gokula;  varṇa-mātra —only the color;  dekhi —seeing;  viparīta —opposite.
TRANSLATION
When Sītā Ṭhākurāṇī came to the house of Śacīdevī, bringing with her many kinds of eatables, dresses and other gifts, she was astonished to see the newly born child, for she appreciated that except for a difference in color, the child was directly Kṛṣṇa of Gokula Himself.
PURPORT
A  peṭāri  is a kind of big basket that is carried in pairs on the ends of a rod balanced over the shoulders. The man who carries such a load is called a  bhārī . This