Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.13.300, 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 300 of Madhya-khanda chapter 13—“The Deliverance of Jagai and Madhai”.
Verse 2.13.300
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.13.300:
প্রভু বলে,—“তোমরা আমারে দেখ কেন?” অদ্বৈত বলযে,—“শ্রী-গোকুলচন্দ্র যেন” ॥ ৩০০ ॥
प्रभु बले,—“तोमरा आमारे देख केन?” अद्वैत बलये,—“श्री-गोकुलचन्द्र येन” ॥ ३०० ॥
prabhu bale,—“tomarā āmāre dekha kena?” advaita balaye,—“śrī-gokulacandra yena” || 300 ||
prabhu bale,—“tomara amare dekha kena?” advaita balaye,—“sri-gokulacandra yena” (300)
English translation:
(300) “The Lord said, “How do I look?” Advaita replied, “You look just like Śrī Gokulacandra.”
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Here the word kena means “how.”