Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.11.52, 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 52 of Madhya-khanda chapter 11—“The Characteristics of Nityananda”.
Verse 2.11.52
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.11.52:
তোমার সে বাণে রাবণের বংশ-নাশ সে তুমি যে বাটীআন, কেমন প্রকাশ? ॥ ৫২ ॥
तोमार से बाणे रावणेर वंश-नाश से तुमि ये बाटीआन, केमन प्रकाश? ॥ ५२ ॥
tomāra se bāṇe rāvaṇera vaṃśa-nāśa se tumi ye bāṭīāna, kemana prakāśa? || 52 ||
tomara se bane ravanera vamsa-nasa se tumi ye batiana, kemana prakasa? (52)
English translation:
(52) “For You who destroyed the entire family of Rāvaṇa by Your arrows, what is the glory in bringing a bowl back from a crow?
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
For a description of this pastime one should refer to Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, Ninth Canto, Chapter Ten and the Laṅkā-kāṇḍa of Rāmāyaṇa.