Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.8.239, 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 239 of Madhya-khanda chapter 8—“The Manifestation of Opulences”.
Verse 2.8.239
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.8.239:
নিযামক বাপ নাহি, তাতে আছে বাই এত-দিনে সঙ্গ-দোষে ঠেকিল নিমাঞি” ॥ ২৩৯ ॥
नियामक बाप नाहि, ताते आछे बाइ एत-दिने सङ्ग-दोषे ठेकिल निमाञि” ॥ २३९ ॥
niyāmaka bāpa nāhi, tāte āche bāi eta-dine saṅga-doṣe ṭhekila nimāñi” || 239 ||
niyamaka bapa nahi, tate ache bai eta-dine sanga-dose thekila nimani” (239)
English translation:
(239) “He does not have a father to guide Him, and He is afflicted by gastric disorders. Now Nimāi has become affected by bad association.”
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word niyāmaka means “a guide” or “a director.”
“Nimāi does not have a guiding father or guardian. Moreover, He is afflicted by gastric disorders. Therefore some bad elements have induced Him to act unjustly.”
The word bāi (derived from vāyu) means “gastric disorders,” “madness,” or “insanity.”