Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.8.181, 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 181 of Adi-khanda chapter 8—“The Disappearance of Jagannatha Mishra”.
Verse 1.8.181
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.8.181:
মহা-অকৈতব আই পরম-উদার ভাঙ্গাইতে দিতেও ডরায বারে-বার ॥ ১৮১ ॥
महा-अकैतव आइ परम-उदार भाङ्गाइते दितेओ डराय बारे-बार ॥ १८१ ॥
mahā-akaitava āi parama-udāra bhāṅgāite diteo ḍarāya bāre-bāra || 181 ||
maha-akaitava ai parama-udara bhangaite diteo daraya bare-bara (181)
English translation:
(181) The supremely honest and magnanimous Śacī became fearful of getting gold exchanged so often.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word mahā-akaitava means “devoid of duplicity,” “devoid of cheating,” or “most simple.” The word ḍarāya comes from the Hindi word ḍarnā, which means “to be afraid.”