Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.7.140, 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 140 of Adi-khanda chapter 7—“Shri Vishvarupa Takes Sannyasa”.
Verse 1.7.140
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.7.140:
কিছু বিলসিতে নারে, দুঃখে পুডি’ মরে যা’র নাহি, তাহা হৈতে দুঃখী বলি তা’রে ॥ ১৪০ ॥
किछु विलसिते नारे, दुःखे पुडि’ मरे या’र नाहि, ताहा हैते दुःखी बलि ता’रे ॥ १४० ॥
kichu vilasite nāre, duḥkhe puḍi’ mare yā’ra nāhi, tāhā haite duḥkhī bali tā’re || 140 ||
kichu vilasite nare, duhkhe pudi’ mare ya’ra nahi, taha haite duhkhi bali ta’re (140)
English translation:
(140) “Such a person cannot enjoy a thing and thus burns in misery. I consider him more miserable than one who does not possess anything.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word vilasite means “to freely enjoy.”