Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.15.18, 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 18 of Adi-khanda chapter 15—“Marriage with Shri Vishnupriya”.
Verse 1.15.18
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.15.18:
বিশেষ চালেন প্রভু দেখি’ শ্রীহট্টিযা কদর্থেন সেই-মত বচন বলিযা ॥ ১৮ ॥
विशेष चालेन प्रभु देखि’ श्रीहट्टिया कदर्थेन सेइ-मत वचन बलिया ॥ १८ ॥
viśeṣa cālena prabhu dekhi’ śrīhaṭṭiyā kadarthena sei-mata vacana baliyā || 18 ||
visesa calena prabhu dekhi’ srihattiya kadarthena sei-mata vacana baliya (18)
English translation:
(18) The Lord particularly teased the residents of Śrīhaṭṭa by mimicking their pronunciation.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Since the provincial words and pronunciations of Śrī Māyāpur- Navadvīpa, the capital of Gauḍa-deśa, and Śrīhaṭṭa, on the northeast border of East Bengal, are completely different, and since the Lord’s forefathers were residents of Śrīhaṭṭa, it was natural for the Lord to joke with and tease the residents of Śrīhaṭṭa. Although the Lord apparently teased them by addressing them as “Śrīhaṭṭiyās” or “Bāṅgālas,” this actually showed His internal love for them.