Chaitanya Bhagavata

by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.9.32, 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 32 of Adi-khanda chapter 9—“Nityananda’s Childhood Pastimes and Travels to Holy Places”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.9.32:

কোন-দিন করে গোবর্ধন-ধর-লীলা বৃন্দাবন রচি’ কোন-দিন করে খেলা ॥ ৩২ ॥

कोन-दिन करे गोवर्धन-धर-लीला वृन्दावन रचि’ कोन-दिन करे खेला ॥ ३२ ॥

kona-dina kare govardhana-dhara-līlā vṛndāvana raci’ kona-dina kare khelā || 32 ||

kona-dina kare govardhana-dhara-lila vrndavana raci’ kona-dina kare khela (32)

English translation:

(32) One day they enjoyed the pastimes of lifting Govardhana Hill, and another day they created a Vṛndāvana, wherein they enjoyed various sports.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The phrase govardhana-dhara-līlā—“lifting Govardhana Hill” is described in the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (10.25.19) as follows: “Lord Kṛṣṇa picked up Govardhana Hill with one hand and held it aloft just as easily as a child holds up an umbrella.”

The word raci means “created.”

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