Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.12.208, 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 208 of Adi-khanda chapter 12—“The Lord’s Wandering Throughout Navadvipa”.
Verse 1.12.208
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.12.208:
তুমি আমা’ দেখ,—যেন ব্রাহ্মণ-ছাওযাল আমি আপনারে বাসি যেহেন গোযাল” ॥ ২০৮ ॥
तुमि आमा’ देख,—येन ब्राह्मण-छाओयाल आमि आपनारे वासि येहेन गोयाल” ॥ २०८ ॥
tumi āmā’ dekha,—yena brāhmaṇa-chāoyāla āmi āpanāre vāsi yehena goyāla” || 208 ||
tumi ama’ dekha,—yena brahmana-chaoyala ami apanare vasi yehena goyala” (208)
English translation:
(208) “Although you see Me as the son of a brāhmaṇa, I consider Myself a cowherd boy.”
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
“Although you see Me as the son of a brāhmaṇa, I nevertheless know that I am the son of a cowherd.”