Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.13.344, 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 344 of Madhya-khanda chapter 13—“The Deliverance of Jagai and Madhai”.
Verse 2.13.344
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.13.344:
“নিত্যানন্দ-মদ্যপে করিল চক্ষু কাণ কোথা হৈতে মদ্যপের হৈল উপস্থান ॥ ৩৪৪ ॥
“नित्यानन्द-मद्यपे करिल चक्षु काण कोथा हैते मद्यपेर हैल उपस्थान ॥ ३४४ ॥
“nityānanda-madyape karila cakṣu kāṇa kothā haite madyapera haila upasthāna || 344 ||
“nityananda-madyape karila caksu kana kotha haite madyapera haila upasthana (344)
English translation:
(344) “This drunken Nityānanda has made Me blind and deaf. From where has this drunkard come?
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Since Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu splashed water in the eyes of Śrī Advaita Prabhu, Śrī Advaita Prabhu addressed Nityānanda as “drunkard” and on the pretext of a loving quarrel said, “From where has this drunkard come? This fellow has obstructed My power of vision and made Me blind.”