Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.18.225, 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 225 of Madhya-khanda chapter 18—“Mahaprabhu’s Dancing as a Gopi”.
Verse 2.18.225
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.18.225:
নাচিল জননী-ভাবে ভক্তি শিখাই যাসবার পূরিল আশা স্তন পিযাইযা ॥ ২২৫ ॥
नाचिल जननी-भावे भक्ति शिखाइ यासबार पूरिल आशा स्तन पियाइया ॥ २२५ ॥
nācila jananī-bhāve bhakti śikhāi yāsabāra pūrila āśā stana piyāiyā || 225 ||
nacila janani-bhave bhakti sikhai yasabara purila asa stana piyaiya (225)
English translation:
(225) The Lord danced in the mood of a mother and taught devotional service. He then fulfilled everyone’s desires by feeding them breast milk.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
By displaying the activities of His spiritual and material energies, the Lord taught devotional service, which is the eternal propensity dormant in conditioned souls. He taught self-realized souls the principles of distributing foodstuffs required in this material world and offering service to the Supreme Lord rather than taking service from Him.