Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.12.209, 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 209 of Adi-khanda chapter 12—“The Lord’s Wandering Throughout Navadvipa”.
Verse 1.12.209
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.12.209:
হাসেন শ্রীধর শুনি’ প্রভুর বচন না চিনিল নিজ-প্রভু মাযার কারণ ॥ ২০৯ ॥
हासेन श्रीधर शुनि’ प्रभुर वचन ना चिनिल निज-प्रभु मायार कारण ॥ २०९ ॥
hāsena śrīdhara śuni’ prabhura vacana nā cinila nija-prabhu māyāra kāraṇa || 209 ||
hasena sridhara suni’ prabhura vacana na cinila nija-prabhu mayara karana (209)
English translation:
(209) Śrīdhara smiled at the Lord’s words, but due to the illusory energy he could not recognize his Lord.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Since Śrī Gaurasundara presently desires to conceal His covered or
confidential scholastic pastimes, by the supreme will of the Lord, Śrīdhara, the best of devotees and eternal associate of the Lord, could not properly understand the hidden pastimes of his eternally worshipable Lord, Śrī Gaura-Kṛṣṇa.