Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.23.482, 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 482 of Madhya-khanda chapter 23—“Wandering about Navadvipa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi”.
Verse 2.23.482
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.23.482:
কুক্কুরের ভক্ষ্য দেহ,—ইহারে লৈযা বলযে `ঈশ্বর’ বিষ্ণু-মাযা-মুগ্ধ হৈযা ॥ ৪৮২ ॥
कुक्कुरेर भक्ष्य देह,—इहारे लैया बलये `ईश्वर’ विष्णु-माया-मुग्ध हैया ॥ ४८२ ॥
kukkurera bhakṣya deha,—ihāre laiyā balaye `īśvara’ viṣṇu-māyā-mugdha haiyā || 482 ||
kukkurera bhaksya deha,—ihare laiya balaye `isvara’ visnu-maya-mugdha haiya (482)
English translation:
(482) Although they have accepted a material body that is fit to be eaten by dogs, they call themselves “God” under the influence of Lord Viṣṇu’s
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
external energy.