Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.4.59, 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 59 of Antya-khanda chapter 4—“Descriptions of Shri Acyutananda’s Pastimes and the Worship of Shri Madhavendra”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.4.59-060:

ছয মাস আজি আমি জীবিকা না দিলে নানা যুক্তি করিবেক সেবক-সকলে আপনার খাই’ লোক তাহানে সেবিতে চাহে, তাহা কেহ নাহি পায ভাল-মতে ॥ ৫৯-০৬০ ॥

छय मास आजि आमि जीविका ना दिले नाना युक्ति करिबेक सेवक-सकले आपनार खाइ’ लोक ताहाने सेविते चाहे, ताहा केह नाहि पाय भाल-मते ॥ ५९-०६० ॥

chaya māsa āji āmi jīvikā nā dile nānā yukti karibeka sevaka-sakale āpanāra khāi’ loka tāhāne sevite cāhe, tāhā keha nāhi pāya bhāla-mate || 59-060 ||

chaya masa aji ami jivika na dile nana yukti karibeka sevaka-sakale apanara khai’ loka tahane sevite cahe, taha keha nahi paya bhala-mate (59-060)

English translation:

(59-060) “If I do not provide salaries to my servants for six months, they will conspire against me in various ways. Yet these people maintain themselves and still desire to serve Him, even though they do not get a proper opportunity.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

When the Yavana king developed a doubt about Mahāprabhu, he summoned one of his servants named Keśava Khān and asked him about the Lord. In reply, Keśava said, “Mahāprabhu is a very poor foreigner.” Hussain Shah then said, “If I stop paying my servants for six months, they will not remain loyal to me. But in this case I can see that on the order of Mahāprabhu, His servants exhibit enthusiasm to serve Him without salary. They follow His orders while arranging their own food and shelter. My order is followed only in my kingdom, but even though He is a foreigner His order is being followed in my country.”

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