Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.11.92, 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 92 of Adi-khanda chapter 11—“Meeting with Shri Ishvara Puri”.
Verse 1.11.92
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.11.92:
ভিক্ষা-নিমন্ত্রণ প্রভু করিলেন তা’নে মহাদরে গৃহে লৈ’ চলিলা আপনে ॥ ৯২ ॥
भिक्षा-निमन्त्रण प्रभु करिलेन ता’ने महादरे गृहे लै’ चलिला आपने ॥ ९२ ॥
bhikṣā-nimantraṇa prabhu karilena tā’ne mahādare gṛhe lai’ calilā āpane || 92 ||
bhiksa-nimantrana prabhu karilena ta’ne mahadare grhe lai’ calila apane (92)
English translation:
(92) The Lord invited Īśvara Purī for lunch and then respectfully brought him home.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
It is the duty of householder brāhmaṇas to invite Vaiṣṇava sannyāsīs to their homes for lunch. Therefore as an ideal householder brāhmaṇa, Gaurasundara invited Śrī Purīpāda to His house for lunch.