Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.5.143, 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 143 of Antya-khanda chapter 5—“The Pastimes of Nityananda”.
Verse 3.5.143
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.5.143:
রাজা বলে,—“তুমি-সব, যদি কর ভয অগোচরে আমারে দেখাহ মহাশয” ॥ ১৪৩ ॥
राजा बले,—“तुमि-सब, यदि कर भय अगोचरे आमारे देखाह महाशय” ॥ १४३ ॥
rājā bale,—“tumi-saba, yadi kara bhaya agocare āmāre dekhāha mahāśaya” || 143 ||
raja bale,—“tumi-saba, yadi kara bhaya agocare amare dekhaha mahasaya” (143)
English translation:
(143) The King said, “If you are all afraid, then at least arrange that I may see Him without His knowledge.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
It is prohibited for a sannyāsī to see and converse with a king or a woman. A person who desires to fulfill his sense gratification by obtaining a king’s favor desires to meet the king. To establish the principles of proper etiquette, Mahāprabhu neither saw or conversed with women, who are objects of enjoyment, or the king, who is approached for
obtaining favors. That is why none of the devotees dared to take the King of Utkala to see Mahāprabhu; they were too afraid.