Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.8.206, 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 206 of Madhya-khanda chapter 8—“The Manifestation of Opulences”.
Verse 2.8.206-207
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.8.206-207:
শঙ্কর-নারদ-আদি যা’র দাস্য পাঞাসর্ বৈশ্বর্য তিরস্করি’ ভ্রমে দাস হঞা সেই প্রভু আপনার দন্তে তৃণ করি’ দাস্য-যোগ মাগে সব-সুখ পরিহরি’ ॥ ২০৬-২০৭ ॥
शङ्कर-नारद-आदि या’र दास्य पाञासर् वैश्वर्य तिरस्करि’ भ्रमे दास हञा सेइ प्रभु आपनार दन्ते तृण करि’ दास्य-योग मागे सब-सुख परिहरि’ ॥ २०६-२०७ ॥
śaṅkara-nārada-ādi yā’ra dāsya pāñāsar vaiśvarya tiraskari’ bhrame dāsa hañā sei prabhu āpanāra dante tṛṇa kari’ dāsya-yoga māge saba-sukha parihari’ || 206-207 ||
sankara-narada-adi ya’ra dasya panasar vaisvarya tiraskari’ bhrame dasa hana sei prabhu apanara dante trna kari’ dasya-yoga mage saba-sukha parihari’ (206-207)
English translation:
(206-207) Great personalities like Śiva and Nārada give up their opulence and wander about as servants of the Supreme Lord, who now gave up all happiness, took straw between His teeth, and begged for devotional service.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
That worshipable Lord in whose service great personalities like Śiva and Nārada are engaged, after giving up their respective opulence, now took straw between His teeth out of humility and, after giving up all happiness as the object of worship, begged for devotional service.