Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.21.32, 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 32 of Madhya-khanda chapter 21—“The Lord’s Chastisement of Devananda”.
Verse 2.21.32
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.21.32:
মদ্য-গন্ধে বারুণীর হৈল স্মরণ বলরাম-ভাব হৈল শচীর নন্দন ॥ ৩২ ॥
मद्य-गन्धे वारुणीर हैल स्मरण बलराम-भाव हैल शचीर नन्दन ॥ ३२ ॥
madya-gandhe vāruṇīra haila smaraṇa balarāma-bhāva haila śacīra nandana || 32 ||
madya-gandhe varunira haila smarana balarama-bhava haila sacira nandana (32)
English translation:
(32) On smelling the wine, the son of Śacī remembered Vāruṇī and assumed the mood of Balarāma.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Lord Gaurasundara is the original Personality of Godhead. Therefore the pastimes of His first expansion are included in Him. Śrī Baladeva Prabhu, who is under the shelter of sambhoga-rasa, the mellows of enjoyment, becomes intoxicated by drinking Vāruṇī. Remembering this, Lord Gaurasundara became absorbed in the mood of Baladeva and forgot the pastimes of the external world.