Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.28.119, 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 119 of Madhya-khanda chapter 28—“The Lord’s Pastime of Accepting Sannyasa”.
Verse 2.28.119
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.28.119:
অনন্ত-ব্রহ্মাণ্ড-নাথ নিজ-দাস্য-ভাবে দন্তে তৃণ করি’ সবা’-স্থানে দাস্য মাগে ॥ ১১৯ ॥
अनन्त-ब्रह्माण्ड-नाथ निज-दास्य-भावे दन्ते तृण करि’ सबा’-स्थाने दास्य मागे ॥ ११९ ॥
ananta-brahmāṇḍa-nātha nija-dāsya-bhāve dante tṛṇa kari’ sabā’-sthāne dāsya māge || 119 ||
ananta-brahmanda-natha nija-dasya-bhave dante trna kari’ saba’-sthane dasya mage (119)
English translation:
(119) Then the Lord of unlimited universes, in the mood of His own servant, took a straw between His teeth and begged everyone for the service of Lord Kṛṣṇa.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Despite being nondifferent from Śrī Vrajendra-nandana, or svayaṃ-rūpa Kṛṣṇa, the Lord of the fourteen worlds, the Lord most submissively and humbly prayed for the service of Kṛṣṇa and the devotees for the purpose of teaching people.