Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.7.23, 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 23 of Antya-khanda chapter 7—“Pastimes in Shri Gadadhara’s Garden”.
Verse 3.7.23
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.7.23:
গৃহ্ণীযাদ্ যবনী-পাণিং বিশেদ্ বাশৌণ্ডিকালযম্ তথাপি ব্রহ্মণো বন্দ্যং নিত্যানন্দ-পদাম্বুজম্ ॥ ২৩ ॥
गृह्णीयाद् यवनी-पाणिं विशेद् वाशौण्डिकालयम् तथापि ब्रह्मणो वन्द्यं नित्यानन्द-पदाम्बुजम् ॥ २३ ॥
gṛhṇīyād yavanī-pāṇiṃ viśed vāśauṇḍikālayam tathāpi brahmaṇo vandyaṃ nityānanda-padāmbujam || 23 ||
grhniyad yavani-panim vised vasaundikalayam tathapi brahmano vandyam nityananda-padambujam (23)
English translation:
(23) “Whether Śrī Nityānanda accepts the hand of an outcaste woman or enters a liquor shop, His lotus feet are still worshipable by even Brahmā.”