Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.4.117, 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 117 of Adi-khanda chapter 4—“Name-giving Ceremony, Childhood Pastimes, and Thieves Kidnap the Lord”.
Verse 1.4.117
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.4.117:
এই-মত ভাণ্ডিযা অনেক দূরে যায হেথা যত আপ্ত-গণ চাহিযা বেডায ॥ ১১৭ ॥
एइ-मत भाण्डिया अनेक दूरे याय हेथा यत आप्त-गण चाहिया वेडाय ॥ ११७ ॥
ei-mata bhāṇḍiyā aneka dūre yāya hethā yata āpta-gaṇa cāhiyā veḍāya || 117 ||
ei-mata bhandiya aneka dure yaya hetha yata apta-gana cahiya vedaya (117)
English translation:
(117) In this way the thieves deceived the Lord. As they took Him far away, the Lord’s relatives began to search for Him.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word bhāṇḍiyā comes from the root bhaṇḍa, which means “deceiving,” “cheating,” or “hiding.” The word cāhiyā means “tracing” or “searching.”