Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.8.123, 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 123 of Adi-khanda chapter 8—“The Disappearance of Jagannatha Mishra”.
Verse 1.8.123
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.8.123:
ঘরে মাত্র হয দরিদ্রতার প্রকাশ আজ্ঞা,—যেন মহা-মহেশ্বরের বিলাস ॥ ১২৩ ॥
घरे मात्र हय दरिद्रतार प्रकाश आज्ञा,—येन महा-महेश्वरेर विलास ॥ १२३ ॥
ghare mātra haya daridratāra prakāśa ājñā,—yena mahā-maheśvarera vilāsa || 123 ||
ghare matra haya daridratara prakasa ajna,—yena maha-mahesvarera vilasa (123)
English translation:
(123) Although the Lord’s house displayed all the symptoms of poverty, He would make demands like the King of kings.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The words daridratāra prakāśa refer to the condition of poverty of an ordinary living entity. Wherever Śrī Gaura-Nārāyaṇa, who is full with six opulences, is present, that place is devoid of poverty and want. The phrase yena mahā-maheśvarera vilāsa refers to the independent will of Śrī Nārāyaṇa, who is full in six opulences.