Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.28.193, 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 193 of Madhya-khanda chapter 28—“The Lord’s Pastime of Accepting Sannyasa”.
Verse 2.28.193
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.28.193:
চৈতন্যের প্রিযতম নিত্যানন্দ-রায প্রভু-ভৃত্য-সঙ্গ যেন না ছাডে আমায ॥ ১৯৩ ॥
चैतन्येर प्रियतम नित्यानन्द-राय प्रभु-भृत्य-सङ्ग येन ना छाडे आमाय ॥ १९३ ॥
caitanyera priyatama nityānanda-rāya prabhu-bhṛtya-saṅga yena nā chāḍe āmāya || 193 ||
caitanyera priyatama nityananda-raya prabhu-bhrtya-sanga yena na chade amaya (193)
English translation:
(193) Lord Nityānanda is most dear to Śrī Caitanya. May I never become bereft of association with the Lord’s servant.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
May I never engage in any activity other than the service of my Gurudeva, Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu.