Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.12.81, 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 81 of Adi-khanda chapter 12—“The Lord’s Wandering Throughout Navadvipa”.
Verse 1.12.81
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.12.81:
এই-মত সর্ব জনে করেন বিচার বিষ্ণু-মাযা-মোহে তত্ত্ব না জানিযা তাঙ্’র ॥ ৮১ ॥
एइ-मत सर्व जने करेन विचार विष्णु-माया-मोहे तत्त्व ना जानिया ताङ्’र ॥ ८१ ॥
ei-mata sarva jane karena vicāra viṣṇu-māyā-mohe tattva nā jāniyā tāṅ’ra || 81 ||
ei-mata sarva jane karena vicara visnu-maya-mohe tattva na janiya tan’ra (81)
English translation:
(81) In this way everyone gave different opinions, but by the influence of the Lord’s illusory potency no one understood the truth.