Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.4.109, 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 109 of Adi-khanda chapter 4—“Name-giving Ceremony, Childhood Pastimes, and Thieves Kidnap the Lord”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.4.109:

প্রভুর শ্রী-অঙ্গে দেখি’ দিব্য অলঙ্কার হরিবারে দুই চোরে চিন্তে পরকার ॥ ১০৯ ॥

प्रभुर श्री-अङ्गे देखि’ दिव्य अलङ्कार हरिबारे दुइ चोरे चिन्ते परकार ॥ १०९ ॥

prabhura śrī-aṅge dekhi’ divya alaṅkāra haribāre dui core cinte parakāra || 109 ||

prabhura sri-ange dekhi’ divya alankara haribare dui core cinte parakara (109)

English translation:

(109) They saw that the Lord was wearing costly ornaments, and they considered how they could steal them.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The word divya means “best,” “highest,” or “beautiful.” The word haribāre means “in order to steal.” The word parakāra means “ways” or “means.”

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