Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.7.185, 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 185 of Adi-khanda chapter 7—“Shri Vishvarupa Takes Sannyasa”.
Verse 1.7.185
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.7.185:
যত্ন করি’ কেহ নিজ-বালক পডায কত ভাগ্যে আপনে পডিতে শিশু চায ॥ ১৮৫ ॥
यत्न करि’ केह निज-बालक पडाय कत भाग्ये आपने पडिते शिशु चाय ॥ १८५ ॥
yatna kari’ keha nija-bālaka paḍāya kata bhāgye āpane paḍite śiśu cāya || 185 ||
yatna kari’ keha nija-balaka padaya kata bhagye apane padite sisu caya (185)
English translation:
(185) “Some people take great efforts to get their child to study. It is most auspicious if a child wants to study.