Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.14.31, 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 31 of Adi-khanda chapter 14—“The Lord’s Travel to East Bengal and the Disappearance of Lakshmipriya”.
Verse 1.14.31-32
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.14.31-32:
ব্রহ্মা-শিব-শুক-ব্যাস-নারদাদি করি’ সুর-সিদ্ধ-আদি যত স্বচ্ছন্দ-বিহারী লক্ষ্মী-নারাযণ অবতীর্ণ নবদ্বীপে জানি’ সবে আইসেন ভিক্ষুকের রূপে ॥ ৩১-৩২ ॥
ब्रह्मा-शिव-शुक-व्यास-नारदादि करि’ सुर-सिद्ध-आदि यत स्वच्छन्द-विहारी लक्ष्मी-नारायण अवतीर्ण नवद्वीपे जानि’ सबे आइसेन भिक्षुकेर रूपे ॥ ३१-३२ ॥
brahmā-śiva-śuka-vyāsa-nāradādi kari’ sura-siddha-ādi yata svacchanda-vihārī lakṣmī-nārāyaṇa avatīrṇa navadvīpe jāni’ sabe āisena bhikṣukera rūpe || 31-32 ||
brahma-siva-suka-vyasa-naradadi kari’ sura-siddha-adi yata svacchanda-vihari laksmi-narayana avatirna navadvipe jani’ sabe aisena bhiksukera rupe (31-32)
English translation:
(31-32) “Brahmā, Śiva, Śukadeva, Vyāsadeva, Nārada, as well as the demigods and Siddhas, who travel according to their desire, all knew that Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa had appeared in Navadvīpa. They therefore all visited the Lord’s house to beg alms in the form of mendicants.