Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.5.571, 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 571 of Antya-khanda chapter 5—“The Pastimes of Nityananda”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.5.571:

বাডীর নিকটে থাকি’ দস্যু-গণ দেখে চতুর্-দিকে অনেক পাইকে বাডী রাখে ॥ ৫৭১ ॥

बाडीर निकटे थाकि’ दस्यु-गण देखे चतुर्-दिके अनेक पाइके बाडी राखे ॥ ५७१ ॥

bāḍīra nikaṭe thāki’ dasyu-gaṇa dekhe catur-dike aneka pāike bāḍī rākhe || 571 ||

badira nikate thaki’ dasyu-gana dekhe catur-dike aneka paike badi rakhe (571)

English translation:

(571) As the dacoits came near the house, they saw that it was guarded by many soldiers.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The word pāika means “infantry,” and the word rākhe means “protects

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