Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.9.157, 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 157 of Adi-khanda chapter 9—“Nityananda’s Childhood Pastimes and Travels to Holy Places”.
Verse 1.9.157
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.9.157:
যাঙ্’র শিষ্য প্রভু আচার্য-বর-গোসাঞি কি কহিব আর তাঙ্’র প্রেমের বডাই ॥ ১৫৭ ॥
याङ्’र शिष्य प्रभु आचार्य-वर-गोसाञि कि कहिब आर ताङ्’र प्रेमेर बडाइ ॥ १५७ ॥
yāṅ’ra śiṣya prabhu ācārya-vara-gosāñi ki kahiba āra tāṅ’ra premera baḍāi || 157 ||
yan’ra sisya prabhu acarya-vara-gosani ki kahiba ara tan’ra premera badai (157)
English translation:
(157) What more can I say about the devotion of he who was the spiritual master of Śrī Advaita Ācārya?
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word baḍāi (derived from the Sanskrit word vṛddhi and the common [Bengali] word baḍa) means “prominence,” “greatness,” “praiseworthy,” “glorious,” and “respectable.”