Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.11.43, 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 43 of Adi-khanda chapter 11—“Meeting with Shri Ishvara Puri”.
Verse 1.11.43
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.11.43:
আমার সম্ভাষে নাহি কৃষ্ণের কথন অতএব আমা’ দেখি’ করে পলাযন ॥ ৪৩ ॥
आमार सम्भाषे नाहि कृष्णेर कथन अतएव आमा’ देखि’ करे पलायन ॥ ४३ ॥
āmāra sambhāṣe nāhi kṛṣṇera kathana ataeva āmā’ dekhi’ kare palāyana || 43 ||
amara sambhase nahi krsnera kathana ataeva ama’ dekhi’ kare palayana (43)
English translation:
(43) “I do not speak anything about Kṛṣṇa, therefore He ran away when he saw Me.”
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Since Śrī Gaurasundara’s statements contained no mention of the qualities of Kṛṣṇa, the devotees left Him in the distance and went far away.