Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.4.94, 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 94 of Adi-khanda chapter 4—“Name-giving Ceremony, Childhood Pastimes, and Thieves Kidnap the Lord”.
Verse 1.4.94
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.4.94:
একেশ্বর বাডীর বাহিরে প্রভু যায খৈ, কলা, সন্দেশ, যা’ দেখে তা’ চায ॥ ৯৪ ॥
एकेश्वर बाडीर बाहिरे प्रभु याय खै, कला, सन्देश, या’ देखे ता’ चाय ॥ ९४ ॥
ekeśvara bāḍīra bāhire prabhu yāya khai, kalā, sandeśa, yā’ dekhe tā’ cāya || 94 ||
ekesvara badira bahire prabhu yaya khai, kala, sandesa, ya’ dekhe ta’ caya (94)
English translation:
(94) Sometimes the Lord would go alone outside the house and ask people for whatever He saw—roasted paddy, bananas, or sandeśa.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word ekeśvara means “alone” or “without anyone else.” A corruption of the word ekeśvara, aśvara, is still used around the districts of Noyākhāli and Caṭṭagrāma in Bangladesh.