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”.

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.”

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