Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.232, 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 232 of Madhya-khanda chapter 2—“The Lord’s Manifestation at the House of Shrivasa and the Inauguration of Sankirtana”.
Verse 2.232
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.232:
কেহ বলে,—“আরে ভাই! পডিল প্রমাদ শ্রীবাসের লাগি’ হৈল দেশের উত্সাদ ॥ ২৩২ ॥
केह बले,—“आरे भाइ! पडिल प्रमाद श्रीवासेर लागि’ हैल देशेर उत्साद ॥ २३२ ॥
keha bale,—“āre bhāi! paḍila pramāda śrīvāsera lāgi’ haila deśera utsāda || 232 ||
keha bale,—“are bhai! padila pramada srivasera lagi’ haila desera utsada (232)
English translation:
(232) Someone else said, “O brothers, we are doomed! Because of Śrīvāsa, the entire country will be ruined.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word paḍila means “just arrived” or “just happened.” The word
pramāda means “danger” or “calamity.”
The word utsāda means “destruction” or “annihilation.”