Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.1.15, 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 15 of Antya-khanda chapter 1—“Meeting Again at the House of Shri Advaita Acarya”.
Verse 3.1.15
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.1.15:
পাক দিযা দণ্ড-কমণ্ডলু দূরে ফেলি’ সুকৃতি ভারতী নাচে `হরি হরি’ বলি’ ॥ ১৫ ॥
पाक दिया दण्ड-कमण्डलु दूरे फेलि’ सुकृति भारती नाचे `हरि हरि’ बलि’ ॥ १५ ॥
pāka diyā daṇḍa-kamaṇḍalu dūre pheli’ sukṛti bhāratī nāce `hari hari’ bali’ || 15 ||
paka diya danda-kamandalu dure pheli’ sukrti bharati nace `hari hari’ bali’ (15)
English translation:
(15) Throwing his daṇḍa and kamaṇḍalu away, the fortunate Keśava Bhāratī danced and chanted “Hari! Hari!”
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The phrase pāka diyā means “whirling and throwing.”
Being intoxicated with kṛṣṇa-prema, Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanyadeva embraced His sannyāsa guru, Keśava Bhāratī, and since Keśava Bhāratī also became filled with loving devotion as a result, he threw his daṇḍa, kamaṇḍalu, and cloth far away. Keśava Bhāratī was not simply a Māyāvādī sannyāsī. When the devotees realized that he had become a devotee of Gaura, their happiness knew no bounds.