Chaitanya Bhagavata

by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.18.108, 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 108 of Madhya-khanda chapter 18—“Mahaprabhu’s Dancing as a Gopi”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.18.108:

গঙ্গাদাস বলে,—“তুমি জিজ্ঞাসিলা বড জিজ্ঞাসিযা কার্য নাহি ঝাট তুমি নড” ॥ ১০৮ ॥

गङ्गादास बले,—“तुमि जिज्ञासिला बड जिज्ञासिया कार्य नाहि झाट तुमि नड” ॥ १०८ ॥

gaṅgādāsa bale,—“tumi jijñāsilā baḍa jijñāsiyā kārya nāhi jhāṭa tumi naḍa” || 108 ||

gangadasa bale,—“tumi jijnasila bada jijnasiya karya nahi jhata tumi nada” (108)

English translation:

(108) Gaṅgādāsa then said, “You are asking too much. There is no need to ask. Go somewhere else.”

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The word naḍa means “go elsewhere.”

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