Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.7.139, 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 139 of Adi-khanda chapter 7—“Shri Vishvarupa Takes Sannyasa”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.7.139:

যা’র গৃহে আছযে উত্তম উপভোগ তা’রে কৃষ্ণ দিযাছেন কোন মহারোগ ॥ ১৩৯ ॥

या’र गृहे आछये उत्तम उपभोग ता’रे कृष्ण दियाछेन कोन महारोग ॥ १३९ ॥

yā’ra gṛhe āchaye uttama upabhoga tā’re kṛṣṇa diyāchena kona mahāroga || 139 ||

ya’ra grhe achaye uttama upabhoga ta’re krsna diyachena kona maharoga (139)

English translation:

(139) “One may have luxurious items for enjoyment in his house, yet by the arrangement of the Lord he may be suffering from disease.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The word upabhoga means “the best means of enjoyment.”

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