Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.4.15, 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 15 of Adi-khanda chapter 4—“Name-giving Ceremony, Childhood Pastimes, and Thieves Kidnap the Lord”.
Verse 1.4.15
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.4.15:
কেহ বোলে,—’ধর, ধর, এই চোর যায’ ‘নৃসিংহ’ ‘নৃসিংহ’ কেহ ডাকযে সদায ॥ ১৫ ॥
केह बोले,—’धर, धर, एइ चोर याय’ ‘नृसिंह’ ‘नृसिंह’ केह डाकये सदाय ॥ १५ ॥
keha bole,—’dhara, dhara, ei cora yāya’ ‘nṛsiṃha’ ‘nṛsiṃha’ keha ḍākaye sadāya || 15 ||
keha bole,—’dhara, dhara, ei cora yaya’ ‘nrsimha’ ‘nrsimha’ keha dakaye sadaya (15)
English translation:
(15) Someone said, “Catch him! Catch him! There goes the thief!” Someone else repeatedly chanted, “Nṛsiṃha! Nṛsiṃha!”