Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.2.495, 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 495 of Antya-khanda chapter 2—“Description of the Lord’s Travel Through Bhuvaneshvara and Other Placesto Jagannatha Puri”.
Verse 3.2.495
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.2.495:
প্রভু বলে,—“বিস্তর লাফরা মোরে দেহ’ পীঠাপানা ছেনা-বডা তোমরা সবে লহ” ॥ ৪৯৫ ॥
प्रभु बले,—“विस्तर लाफरा मोरे देह’ पीठापाना छेना-बडा तोमरा सबे लह” ॥ ४९५ ॥
prabhu bale,—“vistara lāpharā more deha’ pīṭhāpānā chenā-baḍā tomarā sabe laha” || 495 ||
prabhu bale,—“vistara laphara more deha’ pithapana chena-bada tomara sabe laha” (495)
English translation:
(495) The Lord said, “Give Me a large portion of boiled vegetables. You can all take the curd sweetballs, cakes, and preparations made with condensed milk.”
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
In Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Madhya 6.43-44) it is stated:
prabhu kahe,—more deha lāphrā-vyañjane pīṭhā-pānā deha tumi iṅhā-sabākāre
“Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu requested, `Please give Me only boiled vegetables. You can offer the cakes and preparations made with condensed milk to all the devotees.’”
Also in Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Madhya 12.167) it is stated:
prabhu kahe,—more deha’ lāphrā-vyañjane piṭhā-pānā, amṛta-guṭikā deha’ bhakta-gaṇe
“Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, `You can give Me the ordinary vegetable known as lāphrā-vyañjana, and you may deliver to all the devotees better preparations like cakes, sweet rice, and amṛta-guṭikā.’”