Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.16.90, 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 90 of Madhya-khanda chapter 16—“The Lord’s Acceptance of Shuklambara’s Rice”.
Verse 2.16.90
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.16.90:
তুমি আমা যথা বেচ’, তথাই বিকাই এই সত্য কহিলাম তোমার সে ঠাঞি” ॥ ৯০ ॥
तुमि आमा यथा वेच’, तथाइ विकाइ एइ सत्य कहिलाम तोमार से ठाञि” ॥ ९० ॥
tumi āmā yathā veca’, tathāi vikāi ei satya kahilāma tomāra se ṭhāñi” || 90 ||
tumi ama yatha veca’, tathai vikai ei satya kahilama tomara se thani” (90)
English translation:
(90) “You can sell Me wherever You like. I tell You this in truth.”
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Śrī Mahāprabhu said to Advaita Prabhu, “Please consider Me Your property. As a merchant, You can sell Me as a commodity wherever You like. You are the only administrator of the storehouse of devotional service. If a living entity follows Your service attitude in all respects, then it is possible for him to bathe in the nectarean mellows of ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa. I am telling You this supreme truth: If You deprive anyone of the opportunity to render service, then he can never be eligible
to serve.”