Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.10.11, 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 11 of Adi-khanda chapter 10—“Marriage with Shri Lakshmipriya”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.10.11:

না চিন্তে মুরারি-গুপ্ত পুঙ্থি প্রভু-স্থানে অতএব প্রভু কিছু চালেন তাহানে ॥ ১১ ॥

ना चिन्ते मुरारि-गुप्त पुङ्थि प्रभु-स्थाने अतएव प्रभु किछु चालेन ताहाने ॥ ११ ॥

nā cinte murāri-gupta puṅthi prabhu-sthāne ataeva prabhu kichu cālena tāhāne || 11 ||

na cinte murari-gupta punthi prabhu-sthane ataeva prabhu kichu calena tahane (11)

English translation:

(11) Murāri Gupta did not care to sit in the Lord’s discussions, therefore the Lord desired to confront him.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The word cālena means “to induce,” “to stun with one’s explanation,” “to remove,” “to dislocate,” “to induce shaking,” “to twirl,” “to condemn or chastise,” or “to pollute or criticize.”

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