Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.12.174, 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 174 of Adi-khanda chapter 12—“The Lord’s Wandering Throughout Navadvipa”.
Verse 1.12.174
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.12.174:
অথবা দেবতা কোন আসিযা কৌতুকে পরীক্ষিতে আমারে বা ছলে বিপ্র-রূপে ॥ ১৭৪ ॥
अथवा देवता कोन आसिया कौतुके परीक्षिते आमारे वा छले विप्र-रूपे ॥ १७४ ॥
athavā devatā kona āsiyā kautuke parīkṣite āmāre vā chale vipra-rūpe || 174 ||
athava devata kona asiya kautuke pariksite amare va chale vipra-rupe (174)
English translation:
(174) “Otherwise He may be a demigod who has come disguised as a brāhmaṇa to test me.