Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.5.46, 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 46 of Adi-khanda chapter 5—“Eating the Mendicant Brahmana’s Offerings”.
Verse 1.5.46
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.5.46:
বলিতে লাগিলা যত ইষ্ট-বন্ধু-গণ “আমা-সবা’ চাহি’ তবে করহ রন্ধন” ॥ ৪৬ ॥
बलिते लागिला यत इष्ट-बन्धु-गण “आमा-सबा’ चाहि’ तबे करह रन्धन” ॥ ४६ ॥
balite lāgilā yata iṣṭa-bandhu-gaṇa “āmā-sabā’ cāhi’ tabe karaha randhana” || 46 ||
balite lagila yata ista-bandhu-gana “ama-saba’ cahi’ tabe karaha randhana” (46)
English translation:
(46) All the friends and relatives of Jagannātha Miśra present there also requested the brāhmaṇa, “Please be merciful on us and cook again.”
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The phrase āmā-sabā’ cāhi’ means “by mercifully glancing on us.”