Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.5.116, 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 116 of Madhya-khanda chapter 5—“Lord Nityananda’s Vyasa-puja Ceremony and His Darshana of the Lord’s Six-armed Form”.
Verse 2.5.116
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.5.116:
অন্ন-পানি-নিদ্রা ছাডি’ শ্রী-রাম-চরণ সেবিযাও আকাঙ্ক্ষা না পূরে অনুক্ষণ ॥ ১১৬ ॥
अन्न-पानि-निद्रा छाडि’ श्री-राम-चरण सेवियाओ आकाङ्क्षा ना पूरे अनुक्षण ॥ ११६ ॥
anna-pāni-nidrā chāḍi’ śrī-rāma-caraṇa seviyāo ākāṅkṣā nā pūre anukṣaṇa || 116 ||
anna-pani-nidra chadi’ sri-rama-carana seviyao akanksa na pure anuksana (116)
English translation:
(116) Although He gave up eating, drinking, and sleeping to constantly serve the lotus feet of Śrī Rāma, He was still not satiated.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Śrī Lakṣmaṇa gave up drinking, eating, and sleeping and constantly remained busy in the service of Śrī Rāmacandra, yet He considered His service inadequate. Lakṣmaṇa’s desire to serve Śrī Rāma was never satiated; so expansive was His service attitude.