Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.150, 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 150 of Madhya-khanda chapter 2—“The Lord’s Manifestation at the House of Shrivasa and the Inauguration of Sankirtana”.
Verse 2.150
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.150:
মনে বলে অদ্বৈত,—“কি কর’ ভারি-ভুরি চোরের উপরে আগে করিযাছি চুরি” ॥ ১৫০ ॥
मने बले अद्वैत,—“कि कर’ भारि-भुरि चोरेर उपरे आगे करियाछि चुरि” ॥ १५० ॥
mane bale advaita,—“ki kara’ bhāri-bhuri corera upare āge kariyāchi curi” || 150 ||
mane bale advaita,—“ki kara’ bhari-bhuri corera upare age kariyachi curi” (150)
English translation:
(150) Advaita thought, “You think You are very clever, but I have stolen from the thief.”
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word bhāri in bhāri-bhuri means “greatly,” “extremely,” or “excessively,” and the word bhuri means “reverence.” Therefore the phrase bhāri-bhuri means “cleverness,” “cunning,” “expertise,” “bravery,” “braggery,” “shrewdness,” or “maturity.”
Śrī Advaita Prabhu thought, “In spite of concealing Your identity as the Lord of the fourteen worlds and endeavoring to expand My glories, I have successfully recognized Your most confidential supremacy by serving You while You were unconscious. Your actual identity has manifest to Me; in other words, realizing that You are Vrajendra-nandana, I have disclosed to everyone that You are the covered fountainhead of all incarnations.”