Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.2.106, 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 106 of Adi-khanda chapter 2—“The Lord’s Appearance”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.2.106:

দগ্ধ দেখে সকল সংসার ভক্ত-গণ আলাপের স্থান নাহি, করেন ক্রন্দন ॥ ১০৬ ॥

दग्ध देखे सकल संसार भक्त-गण आलापेर स्थान नाहि, करेन क्रन्दन ॥ १०६ ॥

dagdha dekhe sakala saṃsāra bhakta-gaṇa ālāpera sthāna nāhi, karena krandana || 106 ||

dagdha dekhe sakala samsara bhakta-gana alapera sthana nahi, karena krandana (106)

English translation:

(106) The devotees felt that the entire world was burning, and they felt sorry because they could not find anyone to speak with.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The devotees found that discussion of topics not related to Kṛṣṇa was very prominent, so they considered the people of this world who were averse to Kṛṣṇa as unworthy of speaking to. The devotees understood that the ultimate goal of such people was inauspicious, so they felt pity on them and cried.

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