Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.10.9, 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 9 of Adi-khanda chapter 10—“Marriage with Shri Lakshmipriya”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.10.9:

প্রভু-স্থানে পুঙ্থি চিন্তে নাহি যে-যে-জন তাহারে সে প্রভু কদর্থেন অনুক্ষণ ॥ ৯ ॥

प्रभु-स्थाने पुङ्थि चिन्ते नाहि ये-ये-जन ताहारे से प्रभु कदर्थेन अनुक्षण ॥ ९ ॥

prabhu-sthāne puṅthi cinte nāhi ye-ye-jana tāhāre se prabhu kadarthena anukṣaṇa || 9 ||

prabhu-sthane punthi cinte nahi ye-ye-jana tahare se prabhu kadarthena anuksana (9)

English translation:

(9) The Lord would always defeat the arguments of anyone who disagreed with His explanations.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The word kadarthana means “to distort the meaning,” “to point out inconsistencies or prove unreasonable,” “to pollute,” “to condemn,” or “to outright reject.”

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