Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.7.97, 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 97 of Adi-khanda chapter 7—“Shri Vishvarupa Takes Sannyasa”.
Verse 1.7.97
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.7.97:
আমরাও না রহিব, চলি’ যাঙ বনে এ পাপিষ্ঠ-লোক-মুখ না দেখি যেখানে ॥ ৯৭ ॥
आमराओ ना रहिब, चलि’ याङ वने ए पापिष्ठ-लोक-मुख ना देखि येखाने ॥ ९७ ॥
āmarāo nā rahiba, cali’ yāṅa vane e pāpiṣṭha-loka-mukha nā dekhi yekhāne || 97 ||
amarao na rahiba, cali’ yana vane e papistha-loka-mukha na dekhi yekhane (97)
English translation:
(97) “Let us also leave home and go to the forest, then we will not see the faces of these sinful people.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The phrase pāpiṣṭha-loka-mukha refers to the faces of persons who are averse to Kṛṣṇa and expert in material life.