Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.16.58, 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 58 of Adi-khanda chapter 16—“The Glories of Shri Haridasa Thakura”.
Verse 1.16.58
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.16.58:
আর-বার গিযা বিষযেতে প্রবর্তিলে সবে ইহা পাসরিবে, গেলে দুষ্ট-মেলে ॥ ৫৮ ॥
आर-बार गिया विषयेते प्रवर्तिले सबे इहा पासरिबे, गेले दुष्ट-मेले ॥ ५८ ॥
āra-bāra giyā viṣayete pravartile sabe ihā pāsaribe, gele duṣṭa-mele || 58 ||
ara-bara giya visayete pravartile sabe iha pasaribe, gele dusta-mele (58)
English translation:
(58) “Otherwise if you again return to material enjoyment, by bad association you’ll forget everything about Kṛṣṇa.