Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.15.218, 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 218 of Adi-khanda chapter 15—“Marriage with Shri Vishnupriya”.
Verse 1.15.218
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.15.218:
তবে যত নট, ভাট, ভিক্ষুক-গণেরে তুষিলেন বস্ত্র-ধন-বচনে সবারে ॥ ২১৮ ॥
तबे यत नट, भाट, भिक्षुक-गणेरे तुषिलेन वस्त्र-धन-वचने सबारे ॥ २१८ ॥
tabe yata naṭa, bhāṭa, bhikṣuka-gaṇere tuṣilena vastra-dhana-vacane sabāre || 218 ||
tabe yata nata, bhata, bhiksuka-ganere tusilena vastra-dhana-vacane sabare (218)
English translation:
(218) Thereafter the Lord satisfied everyone—the dancers, the professional blessers, and the beggars—with cloth, money, and sweet words.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
One should take note of how the Lord, as an ideal householder and teacher of people, duly respected and awarded gifts to the proper candidates.