Chaitanya Bhagavata

by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.8.271, 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 271 of Madhya-khanda chapter 8—“The Manifestation of Opulences”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.8.271:

শ্রীবাস-বামনারে এই নদীযা হৈতে ঘর ভাঙ্গি’ কালি লৈযা ফেলাইব স্রোতে ॥ ২৭১ ॥

श्रीवास-वामनारे एइ नदीया हैते घर भाङ्गि’ कालि लैया फेलाइब स्रोते ॥ २७१ ॥

śrīvāsa-vāmanāre ei nadīyā haite ghara bhāṅgi’ kāli laiyā phelāiba srote || 271 ||

srivasa-vamanare ei nadiya haite ghara bhangi’ kali laiya phelaiba srote (271)

English translation:

(271) “Tomorrow we will drive the brāhmaṇa Śrīvāsa out of Nadia. Then we will break his house and throw it in the river.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

“We should drive Śrīvāsa, the so-called brāhmaṇa who brings infamy to the brāhmaṇas, out of Navadvīpa. We will break his straw house and throw it in the flowing waters of the Ganges.”

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