Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.8.116, 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 116 of Adi-khanda chapter 8—“The Disappearance of Jagannatha Mishra”.
Verse 1.8.116
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.8.116:
প্রভুও মাযেরে প্রীতি করে নিরন্তর প্রবোধেন তানে বলি আশ্বাস-উত্তর ॥ ১১৬ ॥
प्रभुओ मायेरे प्रीति करे निरन्तर प्रबोधेन ताने बलि आश्वास-उत्तर ॥ ११६ ॥
prabhuo māyere prīti kare nirantara prabodhena tāne bali āśvāsa-uttara || 116 ||
prabhuo mayere priti kare nirantara prabodhena tane bali asvasa-uttara (116)
English translation:
(116) The Lord also constantly displayed affection and pacified His mother with pleasing words.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word prabodhena means “to pacify” or “to solace,” and the words
āśvāsa-uttara refer to encouraging, solacing, and reassuring answers.