Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.9.61, 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 61 of Adi-khanda chapter 9—“Nityananda’s Childhood Pastimes and Travels to Holy Places”.
Verse 1.9.61
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.9.61:
পরমার্থে ধাতু নাহি সকল শরীরে কান্দযে সকল শিশু হাত দিযা শিরে ॥ ৬১ ॥
परमार्थे धातु नाहि सकल शरीरे कान्दये सकल शिशु हात दिया शिरे ॥ ६१ ॥
paramārthe dhātu nāhi sakala śarīre kāndaye sakala śiśu hāta diyā śire || 61 ||
paramarthe dhatu nahi sakala sarire kandaye sakala sisu hata diya sire (61)
English translation:
(61) When they found no symptom of life remained in the body of Nityānanda, they all held their heads and began to cry.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The first line of this verse indicates that His body was devoid of consciousness, or completely devoid of movement and wounded at heart. The words paramārtha dhātu refer to the consciousness or life.