Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.10.86, 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 86 of Madhya-khanda chapter 10—“Conclusion of the Lord’s Maha-prakasha Pastimes”.
Verse 2.10.86
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.10.86:
তোমার চরণ ভজে যে-সকল দাস তা’র অবশেষ যেন হয মোর গ্রাস ॥ ৮৬ ॥
तोमार चरण भजे ये-सकल दास ता’र अवशेष येन हय मोर ग्रास ॥ ८६ ॥
tomāra caraṇa bhaje ye-sakala dāsa tā’ra avaśeṣa yena haya mora grāsa || 86 ||
tomara carana bhaje ye-sakala dasa ta’ra avasesa yena haya mora grasa (86)
English translation:
(86) “May the remnants of the servants who worship Your lotus feet be my foodstuffs.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Haridāsa said, “My only prayer is that I may sustain my life by eating the remnants of Śrī Caitanya’s exalted devotees.” In the Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Antya 16.60) it is stated:
bhakta-pada-dhūli āra bhakta-pada-jala bhakta-bhukta-avaśeṣa,——tina mahā-bala
“The dust of the feet of a devotee, the water that has washed the feet of a devotee, and the remnants of food left by a devotee are three very powerful substances.”