Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.5.41, 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 41 of Madhya-khanda chapter 5—“Lord Nityananda’s Vyasa-puja Ceremony and His Darshana of the Lord’s Six-armed Form”.
Verse 2.5.41
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.5.41:
কর দেখে কেহ, আর কিছুই না দেখে কেহ বা দেখিল হল-মুষল প্রত্যক্ষে ॥ ৪১ ॥
कर देखे केह, आर किछुइ ना देखे केह वा देखिल हल-मुषल प्रत्यक्षे ॥ ४१ ॥
kara dekhe keha, āra kichui nā dekhe keha vā dekhila hala-muṣala pratyakṣe || 41 ||
kara dekhe keha, ara kichui na dekhe keha va dekhila hala-musala pratyakse (41)
English translation:
(41) Some persons saw nothing other than Their hands, while others directly saw the plow and club.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Some of the audience did not directly see the plow and club but saw only an empty-handed exchange. Yet there were others who directly saw the exchange of plow and club.