Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.12.194, 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 194 of Adi-khanda chapter 12—“The Lord’s Wandering Throughout Navadvipa”.
Verse 1.12.194
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.12.194:
প্রভু বোলে,—“আমি তোমা’ না ছাডি এমনে কি আমারে দিবা’, তাহা বোল এই-ক্ষণে ॥ ১৯৪ ॥
प्रभु बोले,—“आमि तोमा’ ना छाडि एमने कि आमारे दिबा’, ताहा बोल एइ-क्षणे ॥ १९४ ॥
prabhu bole,—“āmi tomā’ nā chāḍi emane ki āmāre dibā’, tāhā bola ei-kṣaṇe || 194 ||
prabhu bole,—“ami toma’ na chadi emane ki amare diba’, taha bola ei-ksane (194)
English translation:
(194) The Lord said, “I’m not going to leave you so easily. First tell Me what you’ll give Me.”
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
After Śrīdhara and the Lord personally exhibited pastimes of giving and taking, the Lord is trying to accept a portion of Śrīdhara’s confidential internal and ordinary external wealth.