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”.
Verse 2.18.108
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.”