Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.12.67, 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 67 of Adi-khanda chapter 12—“The Lord’s Wandering Throughout Navadvipa”.
Verse 1.12.67
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.12.67:
এক-দিন বাযু-দেহ-মান্দ্য করি’ ছল প্রকাশেন প্রেম-ভক্তি-বিকার সকল ॥ ৬৭ ॥
एक-दिन वायु-देह-मान्द्य करि’ छल प्रकाशेन प्रेम-भक्ति-विकार सकल ॥ ६७ ॥
eka-dina vāyu-deha-māndya kari’ chala prakāśena prema-bhakti-vikāra sakala || 67 ||
eka-dina vayu-deha-mandya kari’ chala prakasena prema-bhakti-vikara sakala (67)
English translation:
(67) One day, on the pretext of sickness due to excessive gas, the Lord manifested transformations of ecstatic love.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The gross body of the living entity is made of three elements—mucus, bile, and air. As soon as the nature of any one, two, or three of the three elements alters, the gross body is transformed or diseased. When the gross body is diseased, the mental condition is certainly affected.
Although the mind is part of the subtle body, because it is presently joined with the gross body, it takes on the same nature. The word śīghra, or “quickly,” indicates a greater than normal movement of an object.
Whenever the movement of an object is less than normal, the word māndya is used. When the air in the body changes its normal course of movement, then air-born diseases are formed. The service attitude of Kṛṣṇa’s servant that Śrī Gaurasundara displayed with His pure transformations of ecstatic love and desire to serve the Supreme Lord was not understandable by ordinary people, therefore the Lord pretended to suffer from a disorder of His bodily airs. Actually, the transformation of loving devotion that manifests in a heart illuminated with pure goodness is not one of the air-born diseases, as imagined by foolish materialistic
atheists. Those who are totally averse to the service of the Lord consider the most wonderful transformations of love for Kṛṣṇa, which are desired by the spotless paramahaṃsas, as one of the forty-nine varieties of air- born diseases they are subjected to. It is to be understood that this is punishment for their aversion to the Lord.