Chaitanya Bhagavata

by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.1.140, 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 140 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 2.1.140:

রাত্র্যে নিদ্রা নাহি যান প্রভু কৃষ্ণ-রসে বিরহে না পায স্বাস্থ্য, উঠে, পডে, বৈসে ॥ ১৪০ ॥

रात्र्ये निद्रा नाहि यान प्रभु कृष्ण-रसे विरहे ना पाय स्वास्थ्य, उठे, पडे, वैसे ॥ १४० ॥

rātrye nidrā nāhi yāna prabhu kṛṣṇa-rase virahe nā pāya svāsthya, uṭhe, paḍe, vaise || 140 ||

ratrye nidra nahi yana prabhu krsna-rase virahe na paya svasthya, uthe, pade, vaise (140)

English translation:

(140) Due to feelings of separation from Kṛṣṇa, the Lord could not sleep at night. He would feel so uncomfortable that sometimes He would get up from bed, sometimes He would lie down, and sometimes He would just sit there.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Being merged in vipralambha-rasa, the mood of separation, the Lord’s feelings of separation became so intense that He regularly passed sleepless nights. He became so agitated by the pain of intense separation that sometimes He would get up from bed, sometimes He would lie down, and sometimes He would just sit there.

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