Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.16.40, 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 40 of Madhya-khanda chapter 16—“The Lord’s Acceptance of Shuklambara’s Rice”.
Verse 2.16.40
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.16.40:
ইহাতে বৈষ্ণব-সব দুঃখ পায মনে অতএব সবারে করযে আলিঙ্গনে ॥ ৪০ ॥
इहाते वैष्णव-सब दुःख पाय मने अतएव सबारे करये आलिङ्गने ॥ ४० ॥
ihāte vaiṣṇava-saba duḥkha pāya mane ataeva sabāre karaye āliṅgane || 40 ||
ihate vaisnava-saba duhkha paya mane ataeva sabare karaye alingane (40)
English translation:
(40) As a result, all the Vaiṣṇavas would feel distressed. Therefore He would embrace them.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
When Mahāprabhu displayed the ideal character of a devotee by activities like taking the dust from the feet of the Vaiṣṇavas, they became extremely distressed. In order to remove their distress, Mahāprabhu then refrained from taking dust from their feet and embraced them, and since the Lord considered Advaita Prabhu as worshipable, Advaita felt unhappy.