Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.8.43, 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 43 of Adi-khanda chapter 8—“The Disappearance of Jagannatha Mishra”.
Verse 1.8.43
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.8.43:
প্রথম বযস প্রভু স্বভাব-চঞ্চল পডুযা-গণের সহ করেন কোন্দল ॥ ৪৩ ॥
प्रथम वयस प्रभु स्वभाव-चञ्चल पडुया-गणेर सह करेन कोन्दल ॥ ४३ ॥
prathama vayasa prabhu svabhāva-cañcala paḍuyā-gaṇera saha karena kondala || 43 ||
prathama vayasa prabhu svabhava-cancala paduya-ganera saha karena kondala (43)
English translation:
(43) As the Lord was young and restless, He would also quarrel with the other students.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The words prathama vayasa mean “in childhood” or “in boyhood.”