Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.5.59, 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 59 of Adi-khanda chapter 5—“Eating the Mendicant Brahmana’s Offerings”.
Verse 1.5.59
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.5.59:
ছলে নিজ-তত্ত্ব প্রভু করেন ব্যাখ্যান তথাপি না বুঝে কেহ,—হেন মাযা তান ॥ ৫৯ ॥
छले निज-तत्त्व प्रभु करेन व्याख्यान तथापि ना बुझे केह,—हेन माया तान ॥ ५९ ॥
chale nija-tattva prabhu karena vyākhyāna tathāpi nā bujhe keha,—hena māyā tāna || 59 ||
chale nija-tattva prabhu karena vyakhyana tathapi na bujhe keha,—hena maya tana (59)
English translation:
(59) In this way the Lord revealed His identity while speaking deceptively. But by the influence of His māyā, no one could understand Him.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word nija-tattva refers to His personal form as Śrī Kṛṣṇa.