Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.124, 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 124 of Madhya-khanda chapter 2—“The Lord’s Manifestation at the House of Shrivasa and the Inauguration of Sankirtana”.
Verse 2.124
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.124:
তথাপিহ অন্তর-দুঃখিতাশচী হয ‘বাহিরায পুত্র পাছে’ এই মনে ভয ॥ ১২৪ ॥
तथापिह अन्तर-दुःखिताशची हय ‘बाहिराय पुत्र पाछे’ एइ मने भय ॥ १२४ ॥
tathāpiha antara-duḥkhitāśacī haya ‘bāhirāya putra pāche’ ei mane bhaya || 124 ||
tathapiha antara-duhkhitasaci haya ‘bahiraya putra pache’ ei mane bhaya (124)
English translation:
(124) Mother Śacī, however, continued to feel anxiety out of fear that her son would leave home.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word bāhirāya means “to go out,” but in this case it means “to leave or give up one’s family life,” or “to give up household life and accept sannyāsa, or the life of a wandering mendicant.”