Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.5.98, 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 98 of Adi-khanda chapter 5—“Eating the Mendicant Brahmana’s Offerings”.
Verse 1.5.98
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.5.98:
বিশ্বরূপ বোলেন,—“বলিতে বাসি ভয সহজে করুণা-সিন্ধু তুমি মহাশয ॥ ৯৮ ॥
विश्वरूप बोलेन,—“बलिते वासि भय सहजे करुणा-सिन्धु तुमि महाशय ॥ ९८ ॥
viśvarūpa bolena,—“balite vāsi bhaya sahaje karuṇā-sindhu tumi mahāśaya || 98 ||
visvarupa bolena,—“balite vasi bhaya sahaje karuna-sindhu tumi mahasaya (98)
English translation:
(98) Viśvarūpa said, “I hesitate to speak, but I know that you are an ocean of mercy.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word vāsi means “to feel,” “to realize,” “to think,” or “to get.”