Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.11.59, 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 59 of Adi-khanda chapter 11—“Meeting with Shri Ishvara Puri”.
Verse 1.11.59
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.11.59:
শুনিযা বৈষ্ণব সব মহাদুঃখ পায ‘কৃষ্ণ’ বলি’ সবেই কাঙ্দেন ঊর্ধ্বরায ॥ ৫৯ ॥
शुनिया वैष्णव सब महादुःख पाय ‘कृष्ण’ बलि’ सबेइ काङ्देन ऊर्ध्वराय ॥ ५९ ॥
śuniyā vaiṣṇava saba mahāduḥkha pāya ‘kṛṣṇa’ bali’ sabei kāṅdena ūrdhvarāya || 59 ||
suniya vaisnava saba mahaduhkha paya ‘krsna’ bali’ sabei kandena urdhvaraya (59)
English translation:
(59) Hearing their abusive words, the devotees were greatly distressed. They would chant Kṛṣṇa’s name and cry loudly.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The Vaiṣṇavas felt greatly distressed at heart on hearing the wicked words of the fruitive workers, mental speculators, and sense gratifiers. Considering these people’s pathetic condition, the Vaiṣṇavas desired their eternal benefit and continually appealed to the Lord from the core of their hearts.