Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.11.123, 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 123 of Adi-khanda chapter 11—“Meeting with Shri Ishvara Puri”.
Verse 1.11.123
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.11.123:
ভক্তি-রসে চঞ্চল—একত্র নহে স্থিতি পর্যটনে চলিলা পবিত্র করি’ ক্ষিতি ॥ ১২৩ ॥
भक्ति-रसे चञ्चल—एकत्र नहे स्थिति पर्यटने चलिला पवित्र करि’ क्षिति ॥ १२३ ॥
bhakti-rase cañcala—ekatra nahe sthiti paryaṭane calilā pavitra kari’ kṣiti || 123 ||
bhakti-rase cancala—ekatra nahe sthiti paryatane calila pavitra kari’ ksiti (123)
English translation:
(123) Īśvara Purī, however, would not remain in one place due to the restless nature of his ecstatic love. He thus went out on pilgrimage to purify the earth.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
After purifying the town of Navadvīpa, Śrī Īśvara Purīpāda went elsewhere for the service of Kṛṣṇa. Such traveling to different places by the mahā-bhāgavatas is considered restlessness by fools. But those who have strong enthusiasm for serving Kṛṣṇa are not solicitors of material objects for sense gratification like the ordinary materialistic fools.