Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.5.27, 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 27 of Adi-khanda chapter 5—“Eating the Mendicant Brahmana’s Offerings”.
Verse 1.5.27
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.5.27:
প্রণতি করিযা মিশ্র বোলেন বচন “জগতের ভাগ্যে সে তোমার পর্যটন ॥ ২৭ ॥
प्रणति करिया मिश्र बोलेन वचन “जगतेर भाग्ये से तोमार पर्यटन ॥ २७ ॥
praṇati kariyā miśra bolena vacana “jagatera bhāgye se tomāra paryaṭana || 27 ||
pranati kariya misra bolena vacana “jagatera bhagye se tomara paryatana (27)
English translation:
(27) With folded hands, Jagannātha Miśra said, “Your traveling is for the benefit of the world.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The meaning of the second line of this verse is found in the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (10.8.4):
mahad-vicalanaṃ nṝṇāṃ gṛhiṇāṃ dīna-cetasām niḥśreyasāya bhagavan kalpate nānyathā kvacit
“O my lord, O great devotee, persons like you move from one place to another not for their own interests but for the sake of poor-hearted gṛhasthas [householders]. Otherwise they have no interest in going from one place to another.”