Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.5.18, 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 18 of Adi-khanda chapter 5—“Eating the Mendicant Brahmana’s Offerings”.
Verse 1.5.18
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.5.18:
ষড্-অক্ষর গোপাল-মন্ত্রের করে উপাসন গোপাল-নৈবেদ্য বিনা না করে ভোজন ॥ ১৮ ॥
षड्-अक्षर गोपाल-मन्त्रेर करे उपासन गोपाल-नैवेद्य विना ना करे भोजन ॥ १८ ॥
ṣaḍ-akṣara gopāla-mantrera kare upāsana gopāla-naivedya vinā nā kare bhojana || 18 ||
sad-aksara gopala-mantrera kare upasana gopala-naivedya vina na kare bhojana (18)
English translation:
(18) He worshiped the Lord with the six-syllable Gopāla mantra, and he would eat only what he had first offered to Gopāla.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The six-syllable Gopāla mantra refers to the mantra that begins with
oṃkāra, kāma-bīja (klīṃ), then dative case, and ending with namaḥ.