Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.11.34, 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 34 of Adi-khanda chapter 11—“Meeting with Shri Ishvara Puri”.
Verse 1.11.34
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.11.34:
দেখিলেই প্রভু মাত্র ফাঙ্কি সে জিজ্ঞাসে প্রবোধিতে নারে কেহ, শেষে উপহাসে ॥ ৩৪ ॥
देखिलेइ प्रभु मात्र फाङ्कि से जिज्ञासे प्रबोधिते नारे केह, शेषे उपहासे ॥ ३४ ॥
dekhilei prabhu mātra phāṅki se jijñāse prabodhite nāre keha, śeṣe upahāse || 34 ||
dekhilei prabhu matra phanki se jijnase prabodhite nare keha, sese upahase (34)
English translation:
(34) As soon as the Lord saw any devotee, He would challenge him; and when he failed to give the correct response, the Lord would tease him.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Whenever Nimāi met a devotee, He would greatly disturb him with His challenges. The devotees could not check Nimāi by answering His challenges, therefore all their arguments ultimately ended in Nimāi teasing them.