Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.12.286, 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 286 of Adi-khanda chapter 12—“The Lord’s Wandering Throughout Navadvipa”.
Verse 1.12.286
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.12.286:
স-পার্ষদে তুমি নিত্যানন্দ যথা-যথা লীলা কর’,—মুই যেন ভৃত্য হঙ তথা ॥ ২৮৬ ॥
स-पार्षदे तुमि नित्यानन्द यथा-यथा लीला कर’,—मुइ येन भृत्य हङ तथा ॥ २८६ ॥
sa-pārṣade tumi nityānanda yathā-yathā līlā kara’,—mui yena bhṛtya haṅa tathā || 286 ||
sa-parsade tumi nityananda yatha-yatha lila kara’,—mui yena bhrtya hana tatha (286)
English translation:
(286) Wherever You and Nityānanda perform pastimes with Your associates, may I be present there as a servant.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
“Wherever the pastimes of Śrī Gaura-Nityānanda and Their associate devotees are manifest, may I receive the opportunity to serve them at all those places, life after life. This is my prayer at the lotus feet of Śrī Gaurasundara.”