Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.4.312, 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 312 of Antya-khanda chapter 4—“Descriptions of Shri Acyutananda’s Pastimes and the Worship of Shri Madhavendra”.
Verse 3.4.312
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.4.312:
এই মত কৌতুকে চপল ভক্ত-গণ ঈশ্বর-অধরামৃত করেন ভোজন ॥ ৩১২ ॥
एइ मत कौतुके चपल भक्त-गण ईश्वर-अधरामृत करेन भोजन ॥ ३१२ ॥
ei mata kautuke capala bhakta-gaṇa īśvara-adharāmṛta karena bhojana || 312 ||
ei mata kautuke capala bhakta-gana isvara-adharamrta karena bhojana (312)
English translation:
(312) In this way the restless devotees eagerly honored the Lord’s nectarean remnants.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
All classes of devotees honored the Lord’s remnants. Those who identified themselves as śūdras said that they alone had the right to honor the Lord’s remnants. Someone secretly grabbed some remnants and ran
away. Another said that śūdras are never qualified to eat the Lord’s remnants; only brāhmaṇas are qualified. Someone else said that it was his duty to throw out the plates, so he alone had the right to take the Lord’s plate.