Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.4.70, 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 70 of Madhya-khanda chapter 4—“Revelation of Nityananda’s Glories”.
Verse 2.4.70
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.4.70:
চৈতন্যের প্রিয দেহ—নিত্যানন্দ রাম হৌ মোর প্রাণ-নাথ—এই মনস্কাম ॥ ৭০ ॥
चैतन्येर प्रिय देह—नित्यानन्द राम हौ मोर प्राण-नाथ—एइ मनस्काम ॥ ७० ॥
caitanyera priya deha—nityānanda rāma hau mora prāṇa-nātha—ei manaskāma || 70 ||
caitanyera priya deha—nityananda rama hau mora prana-natha—ei manaskama (70)
English translation:
(70) My only desire is that Nityānanda Rāma, who is most dear to Lord Caitanya, may be the Lord of my life.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Another reading of priya deha is priya seha, which means “also dear.”
The phrase priya deha indicates that His body is nondifferent from that of the Lord.