Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.12.60, 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 60 of Adi-khanda chapter 12—“The Lord’s Wandering Throughout Navadvipa”.
Verse 1.12.60
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.12.60:
দিবস্-একো যা’রে প্রভু করেন সম্ভাষ বন্দি-প্রায হয যেন, পরে’ প্রেম-ফাঙ্স ॥ ৬০ ॥
दिवस्-एको या’रे प्रभु करेन सम्भाष बन्दि-प्राय हय येन, परे’ प्रेम-फाङ्स ॥ ६० ॥
divas-eko yā’re prabhu karena sambhāṣa bandi-prāya haya yena, pare’ prema-phāṅsa || 60 ||
divas-eko ya’re prabhu karena sambhasa bandi-praya haya yena, pare’ prema-phansa (60)
English translation:
(60) If the Lord spoke with someone just once, that person was bound by ropes of love.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Those who spoke to the Lord for even a day became bound by His inseparable love.