Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.2.54, 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 54 of Antya-khanda chapter 2—“Description of the Lord’s Travel Through Bhuvaneshvara and Other Placesto Jagannatha Puri”.
Verse 3.2.54
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.2.54:
বৈকুণ্ঠের পতি আসি’ অতিথি হৈলা সন্তোষে ভিক্ষার সজ্জ করিতে লাগিলা ॥ ৫৪ ॥
वैकुण्ठेर पति आसि’ अतिथि हैला सन्तोषे भिक्षार सज्ज करिते लागिला ॥ ५४ ॥
vaikuṇṭhera pati āsi’ atithi hailā santoṣe bhikṣāra sajja karite lāgilā || 54 ||
vaikunthera pati asi’ atithi haila santose bhiksara sajja karite lagila (54)
English translation:
(54) The Lord of Vaikuṇṭha became his guest. He therefore happily began to arrange the Lord’s lunch.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
We believe that the place near Bāruipura known as Āṭagharā, or Āṭagarā, in the district of 24-Parganas is the place formerly known as Āṭisārā. The
Ganges previously flowed near this place. From this place Mahāprabhu went to Chatrabhoga. Chatrabhoga is situated near the village of Āṭagharā.
In Taittirīya Upaniṣad (11.2) it is stated: atithi devo bhava—“a guest is as good as God.” In the Garuḍa Purāṇa it is stated:
go-doha-mātra-kālaṃ vai pratikṣed atithiḥ svayam abhyāgatān yathāśakti pūjayed atithiṃ tathā
“A guest usually remains at the house of a person for as long as it takes to milk a cow. One serves a guest according to one’s ability.”