Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.9.65, 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 65 of Adi-khanda chapter 9—“Nityananda’s Childhood Pastimes and Travels to Holy Places”.
Verse 1.9.65
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.9.65:
পূর্বে দশরথ-ভাবে এক নটবর ‘রাম—বনবাসী’ শুনি’ এডেন কলেবর” ॥ ৬৫ ॥
पूर्वे दशरथ-भावे एक नटवर ‘राम—वनवासी’ शुनि’ एडेन कलेवर” ॥ ६५ ॥
pūrve daśaratha-bhāve eka naṭavara ‘rāma—vanavāsī’ śuni’ eḍena kalevara” || 65 ||
purve dasaratha-bhave eka natavara ‘rama—vanavasi’ suni’ edena kalevara” (65)
English translation:
(65) “Previously one great actor played the role of Daśaratha, and when He heard that Rāma had left for the forest, he left his body.”
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word naṭavara refers to one who is expert at acting, or the best actor. The description of Daśaratha leaving his body out of grief due to Rāma’s exile to the forest is found in the Rāmāyaṇa (Ayodhyā 64.75-78).