Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.17.72, 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 72 of Adi-khanda chapter 17—“The Lord’s Travel to Gaya”.
Verse 1.17.72
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.17.72:
শ্রাদ্ধ করি’ প্রভু পিণ্ড ফেলে যেই জলে গযালি-ব্রাহ্মণ সব ধরি’ ধরি’ গিলে ॥ ৭২ ॥
श्राद्ध करि’ प्रभु पिण्ड फेले येइ जले गयालि-ब्राह्मण सब धरि’ धरि’ गिले ॥ ७२ ॥
śrāddha kari’ prabhu piṇḍa phele yei jale gayāli-brāhmaṇa saba dhari’ dhari’ gile || 72 ||
sraddha kari’ prabhu pinda phele yei jale gayali-brahmana saba dhari’ dhari’ gile (72)
English translation:
(72) As the Lord performed śrāddha and offered oblations in the water, all the resident brāhmaṇas grabbed the offerings and ate them.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word gayāli (derived from the Hindi word gayāoyāla) refers to the pāṇḍās of Gayā (the brāhmaṇa priests) or the residents of Gayā. In this verse the extremely greedy nature of the brāhmaṇa priests of Gayā is seen.