Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.19.158, 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 158 of Madhya-khanda chapter 19—“The Lord’s Pastimes in Advaita’s House”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.19.158:

দুর্বাসা না হঙ মুঞি যারে কদর্থিবে যার অবশেষ-অন্ন সর্বাঙ্গে লেপিবে ॥ ১৫৮ ॥

दुर्वासा ना हङ मुञि यारे कदर्थिबे यार अवशेष-अन्न सर्वाङ्गे लेपिबे ॥ १५८ ॥

durvāsā nā haṅa muñi yāre kadarthibe yāra avaśeṣa-anna sarvāṅge lepibe || 158 ||

durvasa na hana muni yare kadarthibe yara avasesa-anna sarvange lepibe (158)

English translation:

(158) “I am not Durvāsā Muni, who You insulted by smearing his remnants all over Your body.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

“I am Your eternal servant. I am not an oppressor of the Lord and the devotees as is Durvāsā. If I had actually become envious of the devotional service of Hari like Durvāsā, then You could have condemned Me. But I am Your devotee.”

It is mentioned in the Purāṇas that the Lord smeared the remnants of Durvāsā’s rice all over His body.

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