Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.4.11, 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 11 of Adi-khanda chapter 4—“Name-giving Ceremony, Childhood Pastimes, and Thieves Kidnap the Lord”.
Verse 1.4.11
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.4.11:
কোন দেব অলক্ষিতে গৃহেতে সাম্ভায ছাযা দেখি’ সবে বোলে,—’এই চোর যায’ ॥ ১১ ॥
कोन देव अलक्षिते गृहेते साम्भाय छाया देखि’ सबे बोले,—’एइ चोर याय’ ॥ ११ ॥
kona deva alakṣite gṛhete sāmbhāya chāyā dekhi’ sabe bole,—’ei cora yāya’ || 11 ||
kona deva alaksite grhete sambhaya chaya dekhi’ sabe bole,—’ei cora yaya’ (11)
English translation:
(11) One of them secretly entered the Lord’s house, and when the people saw his shadow, they exclaimed, “There goes a thief!”
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word sāmbhāya means “to enter.”