Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.1.88, 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 88 of Madhya-khanda chapter 1—“The Beginning of the Lord’s Manifestation and His Instructions on Krishna-sankirtana”.
Verse 2.1.88
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.1.88:
গৃহের ভিতরে মূর্ছা গেলা গদাধর কেবা কোন্ দিকে পডে, নাহি পরাপর ॥ ৮৮ ॥
गृहेर भितरे मूर्छा गेला गदाधर केबा कोन् दिके पडे, नाहि परापर ॥ ८८ ॥
gṛhera bhitare mūrchā gelā gadādhara kebā kon dike paḍe, nāhi parāpara || 88 ||
grhera bhitare murcha gela gadadhara keba kon dike pade, nahi parapara (88)
English translation:
(88) Gadādhara Paṇḍita fell unconscious within the room. No one knew who fell on whom.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word parāpara is a combination of para (“other”) and apara (“own”) and means “distinction between oneself and others.”