Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.14.45, 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 45 of Adi-khanda chapter 14—“The Lord’s Travel to East Bengal and the Disappearance of Lakshmipriya”.
Verse 1.14.45
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.14.45:
কোন-দিন লক্ষ্মী লৈ’ প্রভুর চরণ বসিযা থাকেন পদ-তলে অনুক্ষণ ॥ ৪৫ ॥
कोन-दिन लक्ष्मी लै’ प्रभुर चरण वसिया थाकेन पद-तले अनुक्षण ॥ ४५ ॥
kona-dina lakṣmī lai’ prabhura caraṇa vasiyā thākena pada-tale anukṣaṇa || 45 ||
kona-dina laksmi lai’ prabhura carana vasiya thakena pada-tale anuksana (45)
English translation:
(45) Some days Lakṣmī would sit and hold the Lord’s feet for hours.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
In order to reveal within this world the glories and opulences of serving the lotus feet of Gaura-Nārāyaṇa, Lakṣmīpriyā-devī, who is attached to service in the mood of awe and reverence, often exhibited pastimes as the
maidservant of Gaura, by holding the Lord’s lotus feet on her lap.