Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.16.154, 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 154 of Adi-khanda chapter 16—“The Glories of Shri Haridasa Thakura”.
Verse 1.16.154
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.16.154:
চল তুমি, শুভ কর’ আপন-ইচ্ছায গঙ্গা-তীরে থাক গিযা নির্জন-গোফায ॥ ১৫৪ ॥
चल तुमि, शुभ कर’ आपन-इच्छाय गङ्गा-तीरे थाक गिया निर्जन-गोफाय ॥ १५४ ॥
cala tumi, śubha kara’ āpana-icchāya gaṅgā-tīre thāka giyā nirjana-gophāya || 154 ||
cala tumi, subha kara’ apana-icchaya ganga-tire thaka giya nirjana-gophaya (154)
English translation:
(154) “You are free to go wherever you wish. You may go stay in a cave on the bank of the Ganges or wherever you desire.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word gophāya (derived from the Sanskrit word guhā and Hindi word
guphā) means “a vacant cave.”
The king said, “O Haridāsa, now you are freed from arrest, therefore by your own sweet will you may go to a secluded cave on the bank of the Ganges near Phuliyā and begin to worship your beloved Lord without disturbance. Though we are most abominable and sinful, please forgive all our unforgivable offenses and glance mercifully on us.”