Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.4.258, 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 258 of Antya-khanda chapter 4—“Descriptions of Shri Acyutananda’s Pastimes and the Worship of Shri Madhavendra”.
Verse 3.4.258
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.4.258:
দণ্ডে দণ্ডে যত স্নেহ করিলে আমারে তোমার সাদ্-গুণ্য সে তাহার প্রতিকারে” ॥ ২৫৮ ॥
दण्डे दण्डे यत स्नेह करिले आमारे तोमार साद्-गुण्य से ताहार प्रतिकारे” ॥ २५८ ॥
daṇḍe daṇḍe yata sneha karile āmāre tomāra sād-guṇya se tāhāra pratikāre” || 258 ||
dande dande yata sneha karile amare tomara sad-gunya se tahara pratikare” (258)
English translation:
(258) “Therefore let your own good qualities be your compensation for the affection you displayed for Me at every hour.”