Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.7.79, 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 79 of Adi-khanda chapter 7—“Shri Vishvarupa Takes Sannyasa”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.7.79-80:

জগন্নাথ-শচীর বিদীর্ণ হয বুক নিরন্তর ডাকে ‘বিশ্বরূপ! বিশ্বরূপ!’ পুত্র-শোকে মিশ্রচন্দ্র হৈলা বিহ্বল প্রবোধ করযে বন্ধু-বন্ধব সকল ॥ ৭৯-৮০ ॥

जगन्नाथ-शचीर विदीर्ण हय बुक निरन्तर डाके ‘विश्वरूप! विश्वरूप!’ पुत्र-शोके मिश्रचन्द्र हैला विह्वल प्रबोध करये बन्धु-बन्धव सकल ॥ ७९-८० ॥

jagannātha-śacīra vidīrṇa haya buka nirantara ḍāke ‘viśvarūpa! viśvarūpa!’ putra-śoke miśracandra hailā vihvala prabodha karaye bandhu-bandhava sakala || 79-80 ||

jagannatha-sacira vidirna haya buka nirantara dake ‘visvarupa! visvarupa!’ putra-soke misracandra haila vihvala prabodha karaye bandhu-bandhava sakala (79-80)

English translation:

(79-80) Jagannātha Miśra and Śacīdevī were both heart-broken and continually cried out, “Viśvarūpa! Viśvarūpa!” Śrī Miśra was overwhelmed with lamentation for his son, so his friends and relatives all tried to pacify him.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Jagannātha Miśra’s display of affliction due to lamentation for his son like that of a ordinary father for his son was actually to deceive persons who are bewildered by material objects like their sons. The glorification of Śrī Viśvarūpa’s acceptance of sannyāsa and engagement in worshiping Kṛṣṇa increased the prestige of the daiva-varṇāśrama sannyāsīs, who destroy the lamentation born of material enjoyment.

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