Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.26.11, 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 11 of Madhya-khanda chapter 26—“Descriptions of the Mercy Bestowed on Shuklambara and Vijay and the Lord’s Desire to Accept Sannyasa”.
Verse 2.26.11
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.26.11:
আপনে শূদ্রার পুত্র বিদুরের স্থানে অন্ন মাগি’ খাইলেন ভক্তির কারণে ॥ ১১ ॥
आपने शूद्रार पुत्र विदुरेर स्थाने अन्न मागि’ खाइलेन भक्तिर कारणे ॥ ११ ॥
āpane śūdrāra putra vidurera sthāne anna māgi’ khāilena bhaktira kāraṇe || 11 ||
apane sudrara putra vidurera sthane anna magi’ khailena bhaktira karane (11)
English translation:
(11) “Although Vidura was the son of a śūdra, because of his devotional service the Lord personally begged food from him and ate.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
For a description of the Lord begging rice from Vidura, see the
Mahābhārata, Udyoga-parva, Chapter Ninety.