Chaitanya Bhagavata

by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.3.193, 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 193 of Antya-khanda chapter 3—“Mahaprabhu’s Deliverance of Sarvabhauma, Exhibition of His Six-armed Form, and Journey to Bengal”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.3.193:

জগন্নাথ দেখিযা যযেন ধরিবারে পডিহারি-গণে কেহ রাখিতে না পারে ॥ ১৯৩ ॥

जगन्नाथ देखिया ययेन धरिबारे पडिहारि-गणे केह राखिते ना पारे ॥ १९३ ॥

jagannātha dekhiyā yayena dharibāre paḍihāri-gaṇe keha rākhite nā pāre || 193 ||

jagannatha dekhiya yayena dharibare padihari-gane keha rakhite na pare (193)

English translation:

(193) As He tried to grab hold of Lord Jagannātha, the temple guards were unable to stop Him.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The phrase paḍihāri-gaṇe (derived from a corrupted form of the Sanskrit word pratihārī) means “doorkeepers” or “those who punish persons who commit sevā-aparādha to Lord Jagannātha.”

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