Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.1.287, 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 287 of Antya-khanda chapter 1—“Meeting Again at the House of Shri Advaita Acarya”.
Verse 3.1.287
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.1.287:
ভব্য-ভব্য বৃদ্ধ সব হৈলাশিশুমতি এই মত হয বিষ্ণু-ভক্তির শকতি ॥ ২৮৭ ॥
भव्य-भव्य वृद्ध सब हैलाशिशुमति एइ मत हय विष्णु-भक्तिर शकति ॥ २८७ ॥
bhavya-bhavya vṛddha saba hailāśiśumati ei mata haya viṣṇu-bhaktira śakati || 287 ||
bhavya-bhavya vrddha saba hailasisumati ei mata haya visnu-bhaktira sakati (287)
English translation:
(287) Even respectable elderly persons acted like children. This is the potency of devotional service to Viṣṇu.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word bhavya means “grave” or “sober.”
Despite being situated at a mature age, many grave persons acted like children. As a result of devotional service to Viṣṇu, they exhibited childish restlessness.
According to the Medinī dictionary the word bhavya has three meanings
—“auspiciousness,” “truthfulness,” and “qualification.”