Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.23.59, 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 59 of Madhya-khanda chapter 23—“Wandering about Navadvipa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi”.
Verse 2.23.59
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.23.59:
সেই দ্বিজ-চরণে আমার নমস্কার চৈতন্যের দণ্ডে হৈল হেন বুদ্ধি যাঙ্র ॥ ৫৯ ॥
सेइ द्विज-चरणे आमार नमस्कार चैतन्येर दण्डे हैल हेन बुद्धि याङ्र ॥ ५९ ॥
sei dvija-caraṇe āmāra namaskāra caitanyera daṇḍe haila hena buddhi yāṅra || 59 ||
sei dvija-carane amara namaskara caitanyera dande haila hena buddhi yanra (59)
English translation:
(59) I offer my obeisances at the feet of that brāhmaṇa, whose intelligence was purified by Lord Caitanya’s chastisement.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
This verse describes Śrī Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura’s desire to accept and respect as a devotee the brāhmaṇa who was punished for his offense.