Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.7.77, 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 77 of Madhya-khanda chapter 7—“The Meeting of Gadadhara and Pundarika”.
Verse 2.7.77
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.7.77:
পূতনা লোক-বাল-ঘ্নী রাক্ষসী রুধিরাশনা জিঘাংসযাপি হরযে স্তনং দত্ত্বাপ সদ্-গতিম্ ॥ ৭৭ ॥
पूतना लोक-बाल-घ्नी राक्षसी रुधिराशना जिघांसयापि हरये स्तनं दत्त्वाप सद्-गतिम् ॥ ७७ ॥
pūtanā loka-bāla-ghnī rākṣasī rudhirāśanā jighāṃsayāpi haraye stanaṃ dattvāpa sad-gatim || 77 ||
putana loka-bala-ghni raksasi rudhirasana jighamsayapi haraye stanam dattvapa sad-gatim (77)
English translation:
(77) “Pūtanā was always hankering for the blood of human children, and with that desire she came to kill Kṛṣṇa; but because she offered her breast to the Lord, she attained the greatest achievement.”