Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.5.161, 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 161 of Adi-khanda chapter 5—“Eating the Mendicant Brahmana’s Offerings”.
Verse 1.5.161
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.5.161:
সবারে কহিতে মনে চিন্তযে ব্রাহ্মণ “ঈশ্বর চিনিযা সবে পাউক মোচন ॥ ১৬১ ॥
सबारे कहिते मने चिन्तये ब्राह्मण “ईश्वर चिनिया सबे पाउक मोचन ॥ १६१ ॥
sabāre kahite mane cintaye brāhmaṇa “īśvara ciniyā sabe pāuka mocana || 161 ||
sabare kahite mane cintaye brahmana “isvara ciniya sabe pauka mocana (161)
English translation:
(161) The brāhmaṇa thought, “Perhaps I should disclose to everyone what has happened so that they may be delivered by coming to know the Supreme Lord.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The brāhmaṇa was by nature a servant in the Lord’s aiśvarya-līlā, or opulent pastimes, therefore He contemplated, “Let everyone headed by Jagannātha Miśra understand that Śrī Gaura-Nārāyaṇa is full in six opulences and thus be liberated.”