Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.23.480, 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 480 of Madhya-khanda chapter 23—“Wandering about Navadvipa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi”.
Verse 2.23.480
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.23.480:
উদর-ভরণ লাগি’ এবে পাপী সব লওযায `ঈশ্বর আমি’,—মূলে জরদ্গব ॥ ৪৮০ ॥
उदर-भरण लागि’ एबे पापी सब लओयाय `ईश्वर आमि’,—मूले जरद्गव ॥ ४८० ॥
udara-bharaṇa lāgi’ ebe pāpī saba laoyāya `īśvara āmi’,—mūle jaradgava || 480 ||
udara-bharana lagi’ ebe papi saba laoyaya `isvara ami’,—mule jaradgava (480)
English translation:
(480) Sinful people who claim to be God for the purpose of filling their bellies are actually all idiots.