Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.24.18, 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 18 of Madhya-khanda chapter 24—“The Lord Displays His Universal Form to Advaita”.
Verse 2.24.18
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.24.18:
স্ত্রী-জিত হৈযা স্ত্রীর কাটে নাক কাণ লুব্ধকের প্রায লৈল বালির পরাণ ॥ ১৮ ॥
स्त्री-जित हैया स्त्रीर काटे नाक काण लुब्धकेर प्राय लैल वालिर पराण ॥ १८ ॥
strī-jita haiyā strīra kāṭe nāka kāṇa lubdhakera prāya laila vālira parāṇa || 18 ||
stri-jita haiya strira kate naka kana lubdhakera praya laila valira parana (18)
English translation:
(18) “First He conquers a lady, then He cuts off her ears and nose. He took the life of Vāli like a hunter.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
“Kṛṣṇa is a great rogue. Kṛṣṇa is duplicitous, cunning, and cheating. It is not proper to worship Him, for He is an insignificant person.” By these
statements, Lord Gaurasundara awarded a proper reprimand to foolish people and revealed foolish people’s poor fund of knowledge to the devotees. By this, the Lord revealed to faithful living entities His pastimes in the mood of a left-wing gopī and the proper platform for worshiping Kṛṣṇa.
See Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, Ninth Canto, Chapter Ten, verses 9 and 12.