Chaitanya Bhagavata

by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.14.44, 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 44 of Adi-khanda chapter 14—“The Lord’s Travel to East Bengal and the Disappearance of Lakshmipriya”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.14.44:

লক্ষ্মীর চরিত্র দেখি’ শ্রী-গৌরসুন্দর মুখে কিছু না বলেন, সন্তোষ অন্তর ॥ ৪৪ ॥

लक्ष्मीर चरित्र देखि’ श्री-गौरसुन्दर मुखे किछु ना बलेन, सन्तोष अन्तर ॥ ४४ ॥

lakṣmīra caritra dekhi’ śrī-gaurasundara mukhe kichu nā balena, santoṣa antara || 44 ||

laksmira caritra dekhi’ sri-gaurasundara mukhe kichu na balena, santosa antara (44)

English translation:

(44) Seeing Lakṣmī’s behavior, Śrī Gaurasundara did not comment, yet He was satisfied within.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Seeing Lakṣmīpriyā’s greater faith in and eagerness for the service of His mother than the service of tulasī, the Lord approved within His mind and was quite satisfied. Though due to social injunctions and embarrassment the Lord did not externally or publicly approve the actions of His wife, His nonduplicitous heartfelt mercy on Lakṣmīdevī was seen in her activities of serving the Lord by collecting ingredients for Viṣṇu’s worship, serving tulasī, and serving His own mother, who is the personification of pure goodness.

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