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”.
Verse 1.7.139
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.”