Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.3.61, 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 61 of Antya-khanda chapter 3—“Mahaprabhu’s Deliverance of Sarvabhauma, Exhibition of His Six-armed Form, and Journey to Bengal”.
Verse 3.3.61
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.3.61:
সে সব মহান্ত শেষ ত্রিভাগ-বযসে গ্রাম্য-রস ভুঞ্জিযা সে করিলা সন্ন্যাসে ॥ ৬১ ॥
से सब महान्त शेष त्रिभाग-वयसे ग्राम्य-रस भुञ्जिया से करिला सन्न्यासे ॥ ६१ ॥
se saba mahānta śeṣa tribhāga-vayase grāmya-rasa bhuñjiyā se karilā sannyāse || 61 ||
se saba mahanta sesa tribhaga-vayase gramya-rasa bhunjiya se karila sannyase (61)
English translation:
(61) “All those great souls relished material enjoyment and took sannyāsa
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
after three-fourths of their life had passed.
The phrase grāmya-rasa bhuñjiyā means “after relishing material
enjoyment.”