Chaitanya Bhagavata

by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.5.66, 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 66 of Adi-khanda chapter 5—“Eating the Mendicant Brahmana’s Offerings”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.5.66:

“হায হায” করিযা উঠিল বিপ্র-বর ঠাকুর খাইযা ভাত দিল এক রদ ॥ ৬৬ ॥

“हाय हाय” करिया उठिल विप्र-वर ठाकुर खाइया भात दिल एक रद ॥ ६६ ॥

“hāya hāya” kariyā uṭhila vipra-vara ṭhākura khāiyā bhāta dila eka rada || 66 ||

“haya haya” kariya uthila vipra-vara thakura khaiya bhata dila eka rada (66)

English translation:

(66) The brāhmaṇa immediately cried, “Alas! Alas!” and the Lord, after eating the rice, fled away.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The word raḍa means “run.” In Bangladesh the word is laḍa.

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