Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.19.62, 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 62 of Madhya-khanda chapter 19—“The Lord’s Pastimes in Advaita’s House”.
Verse 2.19.62
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.19.62:
জ্বরের লাগিযা কেহ কামনা না করে তবে কেন জ্বর আসি’ পীডযে শরীরে ॥ ৬২ ॥
ज्वरेर लागिया केह कामना ना करे तबे केन ज्वर आसि’ पीडये शरीरे ॥ ६२ ॥
jvarera lāgiyā keha kāmanā nā kare tabe kena jvara āsi’ pīḍaye śarīre || 62 ||
jvarera lagiya keha kamana na kare tabe kena jvara asi’ pidaye sarire (62)
English translation:
(62) “No one wants fever. Why then does fever appear and afflict one’s body?
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
“If simply by desiring a benediction one would attain the result, then why does unsolicited fever appear and afflict the body of a living entity? Even without prayer one automatically obtains an object, and if one does not obtain an object despite prayer, the uselessness of one’s desire is established.”