Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.12.207, 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 207 of Adi-khanda chapter 12—“The Lord’s Wandering Throughout Navadvipa”.
Verse 1.12.207
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.12.207:
শ্রীধর বোলেন,—“তুমি বিপ্র—বিষ্ণু-অংশ” প্রভু বোলে,—“না জানিলা, আমি—গোপ বংশ ॥ ২০৭ ॥
श्रीधर बोलेन,—“तुमि विप्र—विष्णु-अंश” प्रभु बोले,—“ना जानिला, आमि—गोप वंश ॥ २०७ ॥
śrīdhara bolena,—“tumi vipra—viṣṇu-aṃśa” prabhu bole,—“nā jānilā, āmi—gopa vaṃśa || 207 ||
sridhara bolena,—“tumi vipra—visnu-amsa” prabhu bole,—“na janila, ami—gopa vamsa (207)
English translation:
(207) Śrīdhara replied, “You are a brāhmaṇa, a portion of Lord Viṣṇu.” The Lord said, “You don’t know. Actually I’m from a gopa family.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
In answer to the Lord’s question, Śrīdhara replied, “O Paṇḍita, You are a portion of Lord Viṣṇu.” The Lord immediately protested, “Even though I am not a portion of Viṣṇu, in other words, even though I am the svayaṃ- rūpa and source of all incarnations, I appear in the family of cowherd men, in other words, I am Kṛṣṇa, the son of Nanda.”