Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.3.54, 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 3—“Mahaprabhu’s Deliverance of Sarvabhauma, Exhibition of His Six-armed Form, and Journey to Bengal”.
Verse 3.3.54
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.3.54:
এই শঙ্করের বাক্য—এই অভিপ্রায ইহা না জানিযা মাথা কি কার্যে মুডায? ॥ ৫৪ ॥
एइ शङ्करेर वाक्य—एइ अभिप्राय इहा ना जानिया माथा कि कार्ये मुडाय? ॥ ५४ ॥
ei śaṅkarera vākya—ei abhiprāya ihā nā jāniyā māthā ki kārye muḍāya? || 54 ||
ei sankarera vakya—ei abhipraya iha na janiya matha ki karye mudaya? (54)
English translation:
(54) “These are the statements and intentions of Śaṅkarācārya. Why would one shave his head without understanding this?
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Another reading for vākya (“statements”) is śloka (“verse”).