Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.1.227, 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 227 of Madhya-khanda chapter 1—“The Beginning of the Lord’s Manifestation and His Instructions on Krishna-sankirtana”.
Verse 2.1.227
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.1.227:
হেন কর’ কৃষ্ণ, এবে দাস্য-যোগ দিযাচরণে রাখহ দাসী-নন্দন করিযা ॥ ২২৭ ॥
हेन कर’ कृष्ण, एबे दास्य-योग दियाचरणे राखह दासी-नन्दन करिया ॥ २२७ ॥
hena kara’ kṛṣṇa, ebe dāsya-yoga diyācaraṇe rākhaha dāsī-nandana kariyā || 227 ||
hena kara’ krsna, ebe dasya-yoga diyacarane rakhaha dasi-nandana kariya (227)
English translation:
(227) “O Kṛṣṇa, please favor me with Your service and keep me at Your lotus feet as the son of Your maidservant.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
“Just as the son of a gṛhastha devotee’s maidservant does not know anything from the time of his birth other than the service of the Lord, You should similarly always engage me in Your unalloyed service, accepting me as the son of Your dependent maidservant. Then I may remain constantly engaged in Your nonduplicitous service and never on the pretext of service become a master by forgetting You.”