Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.5.143, 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 143 of Adi-khanda chapter 5—“Eating the Mendicant Brahmana’s Offerings”.
Verse 1.5.143
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.5.143:
নিরবধি ভাব’ তুমি দেখিতে আমারে অতএব আমি দেখা দিলাঙ তোমারে ॥ ১৪৩ ॥
निरवधि भाव’ तुमि देखिते आमारे अतएव आमि देखा दिलाङ तोमारे ॥ १४३ ॥
niravadhi bhāva’ tumi dekhite āmāre ataeva āmi dekhā dilāṅa tomāre || 143 ||
niravadhi bhava’ tumi dekhite amare ataeva ami dekha dilana tomare (143)
English translation:
(143) “You always desire to see Me, therefore I have come before you.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The phrase niravadhi bhāva’ means “to always think or desire.”