Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.5.28, 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 28 of Madhya-khanda chapter 5—“Lord Nityananda’s Vyasa-puja Ceremony and His Darshana of the Lord’s Six-armed Form”.
Verse 2.5.28
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.5.28:
দোঙ্হার চরণ দোঙ্হে ধরিবারে চায পরম চতুর দোঙ্হে কেহ নাহি পায ॥ ২৮ ॥
दोङ्हार चरण दोङ्हे धरिबारे चाय परम चतुर दोङ्हे केह नाहि पाय ॥ २८ ॥
doṅhāra caraṇa doṅhe dharibāre cāya parama catura doṅhe keha nāhi pāya || 28 ||
donhara carana donhe dharibare caya parama catura donhe keha nahi paya (28)
English translation:
(28) They both tried to catch the other’s feet, but They both cleverly avoided being caught.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
In ordinary affairs under the influence of materialistic false ego, when someone touches the feet of another person, the person whose feet was touched becomes proud and considers himself great. But since such materialistic false ego is not found in Viṣṇu or the Vaiṣṇavas, they never hesitate to touch each other’s feet. The transcendental activities of Vaiṣṇavas are not subject matters understandable by ordinary proud persons.