Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.4.38, 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 38 of Adi-khanda chapter 4—“Name-giving Ceremony, Childhood Pastimes, and Thieves Kidnap the Lord”.
Verse 1.4.38
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.4.38:
শিশু লঙ্ঘিবারে না পাইযা ক্রোধ-মনে অপচয করি’ পলাইল নিজ-স্থানে’ ॥ ৩৮ ॥
शिशु लङ्घिबारे ना पाइया क्रोध-मने अपचय करि’ पलाइल निज-स्थाने’ ॥ ३८ ॥
śiśu laṅghibāre nā pāiyā krodha-mane apacaya kari’ palāila nija-sthāne’ || 38 ||
sisu langhibare na paiya krodha-mane apacaya kari’ palaila nija-sthane’ (38)
English translation:
(38) “Being unable to harm the child, he angrily made this mess and then fled away.”
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word apacaya means “loss” or “destruction.”