Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.14.149, 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 149 of Adi-khanda chapter 14—“The Lord’s Travel to East Bengal and the Disappearance of Lakshmipriya”.
Verse 1.14.149
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.14.149:
মিশ্র কহে,—“আজ্ঞা হয, আমি সঙ্গে আসি” প্রভু কহে,—“তুমি শীঘ্র যাও বারাণসী ॥ ১৪৯ ॥
मिश्र कहे,—“आज्ञा हय, आमि सङ्गे आसि” प्रभु कहे,—“तुमि शीघ्र याओ वाराणसी ॥ १४९ ॥
miśra kahe,—“ājñā haya, āmi saṅge āsi” prabhu kahe,—“tumi śīghra yāo vārāṇasī || 149 ||
misra kahe,—“ajna haya, ami sange asi” prabhu kahe,—“tumi sighra yao varanasi (149)
English translation:
(149) Tapana Miśra then said, “Please allow me to live with You,” and the Lord replied, “You should immediately go to Vārāṇasī.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
When Tapana Miśra expressed his desire to accompany the Lord to Śrī Māyāpur, he was instructed by the Lord to go to Vārāṇasī, where scriptural conclusions averse to the Absolute Truth are prominent. The purport is that there were many Māyāvādīs under the shelter of speculative knowledge and opposed to the chanting of the holy names of the Lord residing in Vārāṇasī. Later on, when Tapana Miśra will ask the Lord about the topics of sādhya and sādhana and when the Lord will personally present the scriptural conclusions on sādhya and sādhana, then persons who desire liberation will be delivered from that mentality and obtain the opportunity to serve the Lord without duplicity by hearing these conclusions from the Lord. That is why the Lord sent Tapana Miśra, His own devotee, to reside at Kāśī.