Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.8.7, 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 7 of Madhya-khanda chapter 8—“The Manifestation of Opulences”.
Verse 2.8.7
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.8.7:
আপনে তুলিযা হাতে ভাত নাহি খায পুত্র-প্রায করি’ অন্ন মালিনী যোগায ॥ ৭ ॥
आपने तुलिया हाते भात नाहि खाय पुत्र-प्राय करि’ अन्न मालिनी योगाय ॥ ७ ॥
āpane tuliyā hāte bhāta nāhi khāya putra-prāya kari’ anna mālinī yogāya || 7 ||
apane tuliya hate bhata nahi khaya putra-praya kari’ anna malini yogaya (7)
English translation:
(7) He would not eat rice with His own hands, so Mālinī fed Him like her own son.