Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.4.218, 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 218 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 3.4.218:

“রাম কৃষ্ণ”, বলিযা কখন ডাকে আই “ঝাট গাভী দোহ’ দুগ্ধ বেচিবারে যাই” ॥ ২১৮ ॥

“राम कृष्ण”, बलिया कखन डाके आइ “झाट गाभी दोह’ दुग्ध वेचिबारे याइ” ॥ २१८ ॥

“rāma kṛṣṇa”, baliyā kakhana ḍāke āi “jhāṭa gābhī doha’ dugdha vecibāre yāi” || 218 ||

“rama krsna”, baliya kakhana dake ai “jhata gabhi doha’ dugdha vecibare yai” (218)

English translation:

(218) Sometimes mother Śacī would call out, “Rāma! Kṛṣṇa! Come quickly and milk the cows. I must go sell the milk.”

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The word jhāṭa means “quickly,” “soon,” or “without delay.”

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