Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.5.224, 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 224 of Antya-khanda chapter 5—“The Pastimes of Nityananda”.
Verse 3.5.224
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.5.224:
প্রতিজ্ঞা করিযা আছি আমি নিজ-মুখে ‘মূর্খ নীচ দরিদ্র ভাসাব প্রেম-সুখে’ ॥ ২২৪ ॥
प्रतिज्ञा करिया आछि आमि निज-मुखे ‘मूर्ख नीच दरिद्र भासाब प्रेम-सुखे’ ॥ २२४ ॥
pratijñā kariyā āchi āmi nija-mukhe ‘mūrkha nīca daridra bhāsāba prema-sukhe’ || 224 ||
pratijna kariya achi ami nija-mukhe ‘murkha nica daridra bhasaba prema-sukhe’ (224)
English translation:
(224) “I have personally promised to inundate the fools, the fallen, and the poor in the happiness of ecstatic love.