Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.2.232, 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 232 of Antya-khanda chapter 2—“Description of the Lord’s Travel Through Bhuvaneshvara and Other Placesto Jagannatha Puri”.
Verse 3.2.232
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.2.232:
প্রভু বলে,—“সবে দণ্ড-মাত্র ছিল সঙ্গ তাহো আজি কৃষ্ণের ইচ্ছাতে হৈল ভঙ্গ ॥ ২৩২ ॥
प्रभु बले,—“सबे दण्ड-मात्र छिल सङ्ग ताहो आजि कृष्णेर इच्छाते हैल भङ्ग ॥ २३२ ॥
prabhu bale,—“sabe daṇḍa-mātra chila saṅga tāho āji kṛṣṇera icchāte haila bhaṅga || 232 ||
prabhu bale,—“sabe danda-matra chila sanga taho aji krsnera icchate haila bhanga (232)
English translation:
(232) The Lord said, “This daṇḍa was My only companion. Now today, by Kṛṣṇa’s will, it was broken.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
From the mundane point of view the only asset of a sannyāsī is his daṇḍa. One who carries a daṇḍa maintains himself by begging door to door, and by accepting a daṇḍa he protects himself from the attack of the external world. The omnipotent Lord Gaurasundara displayed humility by declaring that His only asset was a daṇḍa to attract ordinary people’s affection on the mundane level.