Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.6.9, 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 9 of Adi-khanda chapter 6—“The Lord Begins Studying and His Childhood Mischief”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.6.9:

অদ্ভুত করেন ক্রীডা শ্রী-গৌরসুন্দর যখন যে চাহে, সেই পরম দুষ্কর ॥ ৯ ॥

अद्भुत करेन क्रीडा श्री-गौरसुन्दर यखन ये चाहे, सेइ परम दुष्कर ॥ ९ ॥

adbhuta karena krīḍā śrī-gaurasundara yakhana ye cāhe, sei parama duṣkara || 9 ||

adbhuta karena krida sri-gaurasundara yakhana ye cahe, sei parama duskara (9)

English translation:

(9) Śrī Gaurasundara performed wonderful pastimes; He would demand things that were impossible to obtain.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The word duṣkara means “rare.”

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