Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.17.64, 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 64 of Adi-khanda chapter 17—“The Lord’s Travel to Gaya”.
Verse 1.17.64
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.17.64:
তবে প্রভু তান স্থানে অনুমতি লৈযা তীর্থ-শ্রাদ্ধ করিবারে বসিলা আসিযা ॥ ৬৪ ॥
तबे प्रभु तान स्थाने अनुमति लैया तीर्थ-श्राद्ध करिबारे वसिला आसिया ॥ ६४ ॥
tabe prabhu tāna sthāne anumati laiyā tīrtha-śrāddha karibāre vasilā āsiyā || 64 ||
tabe prabhu tana sthane anumati laiya tirtha-sraddha karibare vasila asiya (64)
English translation:
(64) The Lord then took leave of Īśvara Purī and went to offer oblations to His forefathers.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
It is the prescribed duty for one to offer oblations to his forefathers when visiting a holy place. Gaurahari enacted the pastime of taking permission from Īśvara Purīpāda and then offering oblations at Gayā according to prescribed duties. The path of pure devotional service and the path of fruitive activities based on the smṛtis are not similar. Only after rejecting fruitive activities can one enter into spiritual life. Since materially conditioned living entities are not self-realized or God-realized before hearing topics of the Lord, they take to fruitive activities such as offering oblations to their forefathers and the demigods according to external considerations.