Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.16.14, 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 14 of Adi-khanda chapter 16—“The Glories of Shri Haridasa Thakura”.
Verse 1.16.14
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.16.14:
শুনিযা পাযেন দুঃখ সর্ব-ভক্ত-গণে সম্ভাষা করেন, হেন না পাযেন জনে ॥ ১৪ ॥
शुनिया पायेन दुःख सर्व-भक्त-गणे सम्भाषा करेन, हेन ना पायेन जने ॥ १४ ॥
śuniyā pāyena duḥkha sarva-bhakta-gaṇe sambhāṣā karena, hena nā pāyena jane || 14 ||
suniya payena duhkha sarva-bhakta-gane sambhasa karena, hena na payena jane (14)
English translation:
(14) Hearing this, all the devotees felt great distress. They could not even find anyone qualified to speak with.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Seeing the sinful and atheistic mentality of the envious nondevotees, the devotees of the Lord could not find any suitable person to converse with or to reciprocate with in affectionate exchanges.