Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.7.76, 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 76 of Madhya-khanda chapter 7—“The Meeting of Gadadhara and Pundarika”.
Verse 2.7.76
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.7.76:
অহো বকী যং স্তন-কাল-কূটংজিঘাং সযাপাযযদ্ অপ্য্ অসাধ্বী লেভে গতিং ধাত্র্য্-উচিতাং ততো ‘ন্যংকং বা দযালুংশরণং ব্রজেম ॥ ৭৬ ॥
अहो बकी यं स्तन-काल-कूटंजिघां सयापाययद् अप्य् असाध्वी लेभे गतिं धात्र्य्-उचितां ततो ‘न्यंकं वा दयालुंशरणं व्रजेम ॥ ७६ ॥
aho bakī yaṃ stana-kāla-kūṭaṃjighāṃ sayāpāyayad apy asādhvī lebhe gatiṃ dhātry-ucitāṃ tato ‘nyaṃkaṃ vā dayāluṃśaraṇaṃ vrajema || 76 ||
aho baki yam stana-kala-kutamjigham sayapayayad apy asadhvi lebhe gatim dhatry-ucitam tato ‘nyamkam va dayalumsaranam vrajema (76)
English translation:
(76) “Alas, how shall I take shelter of one more merciful than He who granted the position of mother to a she-demon [Pūtanā] although she was unfaithful and she prepared deadly poison to be sucked from her breast?