Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.9.4, 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 4 of Adi-khanda chapter 9—“Nityananda’s Childhood Pastimes and Travels to Holy Places”.
Verse 1.9.4
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.9.4:
পূর্বে প্রভু শ্রী-অনন্ত চৈতন্য-আজ্ঞায রাঢে অবতীর্ণ হৈ’ আছেন লীলায ॥ ৪ ॥
पूर्वे प्रभु श्री-अनन्त चैतन्य-आज्ञाय राढे अवतीर्ण है’ आछेन लीलाय ॥ ४ ॥
pūrve prabhu śrī-ananta caitanya-ājñāya rāḍhe avatīrṇa hai’ āchena līlāya || 4 ||
purve prabhu sri-ananta caitanya-ajnaya radhe avatirna hai’ achena lilaya (4)
English translation:
(4) On the order of Lord Caitanya, Śrī Anantadeva had already appeared in Rāḍha-deśa and was engaged in various pastimes.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
In this connection one should refer to the Ādi-khaṇḍa, Chapter Two, verses 31, 38-40, and 228-230.
The word līlāya means “by manifesting His own eternal transcendental pastimes in this material world,” in other words, “by His own sweet will.”