Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.5.91, 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 91 of Adi-khanda chapter 5—“Eating the Mendicant Brahmana’s Offerings”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.5.91:

হরিষ পাইনু বড তোমার দর্শনে বিষাদ পাইনু বড এ সব শ্রবণে ॥ ৯১ ॥

हरिष पाइनु बड तोमार दर्शने विषाद पाइनु बड ए सब श्रवणे ॥ ९१ ॥

hariṣa pāinu baḍa tomāra darśane viṣāda pāinu baḍa e saba śravaṇe || 91 ||

harisa painu bada tomara darsane visada painu bada e saba sravane (91)

English translation:

(91) “I’m greatly satisfied by seeing you, but I’m very sad to hear about what has happened.”

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

“By seeing you I’m jubilant, but because you are fasting I’m unhappy; therefore I am both happy and sad.”

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