Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.225, 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 225 of Madhya-khanda chapter 2—“The Lord’s Manifestation at the House of Shrivasa and the Inauguration of Sankirtana”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.225-228:

নিদ্রা-সুখ-ভঙ্গে বহির্মুখ ক্রুদ্ধ হয যায যেন-মত ইচ্ছা বলিযা মরয কেহ বলে,—“এ-গুলার হৈল কি বাই?” কেহ বলে,—“রাত্র্যে নিদ্রা যাইতে না পাই” কেহ বলে,—“গোসাঞি রুষিবে বড ডাকে এ-গুলার সর্ব-নাশ হৈবে এই পাকে” কেহ বলে,—“জ্ঞান-যোগ এডিযা বিচার পরম-উদ্ধত-হেন সবার ব্যভার” ॥ ২২৫-২২৮ ॥

निद्रा-सुख-भङ्गे बहिर्मुख क्रुद्ध हय याय येन-मत इच्छा बलिया मरय केह बले,—“ए-गुलार हैल कि वाइ?” केह बले,—“रात्र्ये निद्रा याइते ना पाइ” केह बले,—“गोसाञि रुषिबे बड डाके ए-गुलार सर्व-नाश हैबे एइ पाके” केह बले,—“ज्ञान-योग एडिया विचार परम-उद्धत-हेन सबार व्यभार” ॥ २२५-२२८ ॥

nidrā-sukha-bhaṅge bahirmukha kruddha haya yāya yena-mata icchā baliyā maraya keha bale,—“e-gulāra haila ki vāi?” keha bale,—“rātrye nidrā yāite nā pāi” keha bale,—“gosāñi ruṣibe baḍa ḍāke e-gulāra sarva-nāśa haibe ei pāke” keha bale,—“jñāna-yoga eḍiyā vicāra parama-uddhata-hena sabāra vyabhāra” || 225-228 ||

nidra-sukha-bhange bahirmukha kruddha haya yaya yena-mata iccha baliya maraya keha bale,—“e-gulara haila ki vai?” keha bale,—“ratrye nidra yaite na pai” keha bale,—“gosani rusibe bada dake e-gulara sarva-nasa haibe ei pake” keha bale,—“jnana-yoga ediya vicara parama-uddhata-hena sabara vyabhara” (225-228)

English translation:

(225-228) When the happiness of their sleep was broken, the atheists became angry and blasphemed according to their desires for their own ruination. Someone said, “What madness has come upon them?” Someone else said, “We are unable to sleep at night.” Someone said, “The Lord will become angry because of this loud noise, and that will result in their destruction.” Another said, “Rather than cultivating knowledge, they are acting most arrogantly.”

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

See Ādi-khaṇḍa, Chapter Seven, verse 21, Chapter Eleven, verses 53-57, Chapter Sixteen, verses 10-13 and 255-262, 269, and 270.

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