Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.13.33, 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 33 of Madhya-khanda chapter 13—“The Deliverance of Jagai and Madhai”.
Verse 2.13.33
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.13.33:
ব্রাহ্মণ হৈযা মদ্য-গোমাংস-ভক্ষণ ডাকা-চুরি, পরগৃহ দাহে সর্ব-ক্ষণ ॥ ৩৩ ॥
ब्राह्मण हैया मद्य-गोमांस-भक्षण डाका-चुरि, परगृह दाहे सर्व-क्षण ॥ ३३ ॥
brāhmaṇa haiyā madya-gomāṃsa-bhakṣaṇa ḍākā-curi, paragṛha dāhe sarva-kṣaṇa || 33 ||
brahmana haiya madya-gomamsa-bhaksana daka-curi, paragrha dahe sarva-ksana (33)
English translation:
(33) Although they were brāhmaṇas, they were always engaged in drinking wine, eating beef, plundering other’s wealth, and burning other’s houses.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The phrase ḍākā-curi means “stealing” or “robbing.” The word dāhe
means “to burn.”