Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.311, 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 311 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 2.311:

যদি বা এ-মত নহে, জিজ্ঞাসিবে মোরে সেহো মোর অভীষ্ট শুন কহি তোরে ॥ ৩১১ ॥

यदि वा ए-मत नहे, जिज्ञासिबे मोरे सेहो मोर अभीष्ट शुन कहि तोरे ॥ ३११ ॥

yadi vā e-mata nahe, jijñāsibe more seho mora abhīṣṭa śuna kahi tore || 311 ||

yadi va e-mata nahe, jijnasibe more seho mora abhista suna kahi tore (311)

English translation:

(311) “If this does not happen and he holds Me for questioning, then this is what I will tell him.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

“If this also does not happen, in other words, if the King has other ideas and he questions Me, then please hear what I have decided to do.”

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