Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.14.10, 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 10 of Adi-khanda chapter 14—“The Lord’s Travel to East Bengal and the Disappearance of Lakshmipriya”.
Verse 1.14.10
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.14.10:
নবদ্বীপে যা’রা যত ধর্ম-কর্ম করে ভোজ্য-বস্ত্র অবশ্য পাঠায প্রভু-ঘরে ॥ ১০ ॥
नवद्वीपे या’रा यत धर्म-कर्म करे भोज्य-वस्त्र अवश्य पाठाय प्रभु-घरे ॥ १० ॥
navadvīpe yā’rā yata dharma-karma kare bhojya-vastra avaśya pāṭhāya prabhu-ghare || 10 ||
navadvipe ya’ra yata dharma-karma kare bhojya-vastra avasya pathaya prabhu-ghare (10)
English translation:
(10) Whenever any resident of Navadvīpa would perform any pious act, he would without fail first send some foodstuffs and cloth to the Lord’s house.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Since the custom of showing respect or honor towards the best teacher was prominent in the Hindu community of that time, everyone came to the capitol and donated gifts of rice and cloth to Nimāi Paṇḍita, who was the crest jewel of learned scholars.