Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.23.10, 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 10 of Madhya-khanda chapter 23—“Wandering about Navadvipa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi”.
Verse 2.23.10
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.23.10:
কেহ বলে,—“এ-গুলার বান্ধি’ হাত পায জলে ফেলি’ দিযে যদি, তবে দুঃখ যায” ॥ ১০ ॥
केह बले,—“ए-गुलार बान्धि’ हात पाय जले फेलि’ दिये यदि, तबे दुःख याय” ॥ १० ॥
keha bale,—“e-gulāra bāndhi’ hāta pāya jale pheli’ diye yadi, tabe duḥkha yāya” || 10 ||
keha bale,—“e-gulara bandhi’ hata paya jale pheli’ diye yadi, tabe duhkha yaya” (10)
English translation:
(10) Someone else said, “If I can tie their hands and legs and throw them in the water, my unhappiness will be mitigated.”
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
“If we can tie up the hands and legs of these materialistic Vaiṣṇavas who are only interested in filling their own stomachs and then throw them in the water to get rid of them, then all our miseries will be extinguished.”