Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.9.43, 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 43 of Adi-khanda chapter 9—“Nityananda’s Childhood Pastimes and Travels to Holy Places”.
Verse 1.9.43
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.9.43:
কোন-দিন নিত্যানন্দ হৈযা বামন বলি-রাজা করি’ ছলে তাহান ভুবন ॥ ৪৩ ॥
कोन-दिन नित्यानन्द हैया वामन बलि-राजा करि’ छले ताहान भुवन ॥ ४३ ॥
kona-dina nityānanda haiyā vāmana bali-rājā kari’ chale tāhāna bhuvana || 43 ||
kona-dina nityananda haiya vamana bali-raja kari’ chale tahana bhuvana (43)
English translation:
(43) One day Nityānanda dressed like Vāmana and went to cheat Bali Mahārāja out of his kingdom, which covered the three worlds.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word chale means “to deceive” or “to cheat.” The word bhuvana refers to the three planetary systems. For a description of how Vāmana cheated Bali Mahārāja out of the three worlds, one should read the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, Eighth Canto, Chapters 18 through 23.