Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.12.37, 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 37 of Adi-khanda chapter 12—“The Lord’s Wandering Throughout Navadvipa”.
Verse 1.12.37
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.12.37:
কেহ বোলে,—“দেখা হৈলে না দেন এডিযা মহাদানী-প্রায যেন রাখেন ধরিযা ॥ ৩৭ ॥
केह बोले,—“देखा हैले ना देन एडिया महादानी-प्राय येन राखेन धरिया ॥ ३७ ॥
keha bole,—“dekhā haile nā dena eḍiyā mahādānī-prāya yena rākhena dhariyā || 37 ||
keha bole,—“dekha haile na dena ediya mahadani-praya yena rakhena dhariya (37)
English translation:
(37) Someone else said, “When He sees someone, He doesn’t allow him to leave. He captures him just like a tax collector captures a debtor.”
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The phrase mahādānī-prāya means “like a highly posted royal servant who collects taxes, revenues, or rents.”