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”.

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.

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