Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.9.56, 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 56 of Adi-khanda chapter 9—“Nityananda’s Childhood Pastimes and Travels to Holy Places”.
Verse 1.9.56
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.9.56:
ইন্দ্রজিত্-বধ-লীলা কোন-দিন করে কোন-দিন আপনে লক্ষ্মণ-ভাবে হারে ॥ ৫৬ ॥
इन्द्रजित्-वध-लीला कोन-दिन करे कोन-दिन आपने लक्ष्मण-भावे हारे ॥ ५६ ॥
indrajit-vadha-līlā kona-dina kare kona-dina āpane lakṣmaṇa-bhāve hāre || 56 ||
indrajit-vadha-lila kona-dina kare kona-dina apane laksmana-bhave hare (56)
English translation:
(56) One day the Lord enacted the pastime of killing Indrajit, the son of Rāvaṇa, and one day, in the mood of Lakṣmaṇa, He accepted defeat.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
One may refer to the Rāmāyaṇa (Laṅkā 88.64, 91.68-72) and the Mahābhārata (Vana 288.15-24) for an elaboration on indrajit-vadha-līlā, the killing of Indrajit.
The pastime of lakṣmaṇa-bhāve hāre, “accepting defeat as Lakṣmaṇa,” is found in the Rāmāyaṇa, Laṅkā-kāṇḍa, Chapters 45, 49, 50, and 73 and in
the Mahābhārata (Vana 287.20-26 and 288.1-7).