Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.8.73, 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 73 of Madhya-khanda chapter 8—“The Manifestation of Opulences”.
Verse 2.8.73-074
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.8.73-074:
ঈশান করিলা সব গৃহ উপস্কার যত ছিল অবশেষ—সকল তাঙ্হার সেবিলেন সর্ব-কাল আইরে ঈশান চতুর্-দশ-লোক-মধ্যে মহা ভাগ্যবান্ ॥ ৭৩-০৭৪ ॥
ईशान करिला सब गृह उपस्कार यत छिल अवशेष—सकल ताङ्हार सेविलेन सर्व-काल आइरे ईशान चतुर्-दश-लोक-मध्ये महा भाग्यवान् ॥ ७३-०७४ ॥
īśāna karilā saba gṛha upaskāra yata chila avaśeṣa—sakala tāṅhāra sevilena sarva-kāla āire īśāna catur-daśa-loka-madhye mahā bhāgyavān || 73-074 ||
isana karila saba grha upaskara yata chila avasesa—sakala tanhara sevilena sarva-kala aire isana catur-dasa-loka-madhye maha bhagyavan (73-074)
English translation:
(73-074) Then Īśāna cleaned the entire room and honored all the remnants. Īśāna is the most fortunate person within the fourteen worlds, for he served mother Śacī throughout his entire life.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Īśāna, the Lord’s domestic servant, gathered together the scattered rice and cleaned the room. There is no limit to the good fortune of Īśāna. He spent his entire life serving the Lord’s mother. By serving the Lord’s mother and wife even after the Lord accepted sannyāsa, the servant Īśāna became greatly fortunate among the fortunate servants of the Lord in this world.