Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.88, 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 2—“The Lord’s Manifestation at the House of Shrivasa and the Inauguration of Sankirtana”.
Verse 2.88
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.88:
এই-মত হৈলা প্রভু বৈষ্ণব-আবেশ শচী না বুঝযে কোন্ ব্যাধি বা বিশেষ ॥ ৮৮ ॥
एइ-मत हैला प्रभु वैष्णव-आवेश शची ना बुझये कोन् व्याधि वा विशेष ॥ ८८ ॥
ei-mata hailā prabhu vaiṣṇava-āveśa śacī nā bujhaye kon vyādhi vā viśeṣa || 88 ||
ei-mata haila prabhu vaisnava-avesa saci na bujhaye kon vyadhi va visesa (88)
English translation:
(88) In this way, the Lord was fully absorbed in the mood of Viṣṇu, yet mother Śacī could not understand whether or not He was diseased.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The phrase vaiṣṇava-āveśa refers to the form of Viṣṇu that destroys the miscreants.