Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.9.246, 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 246 of Antya-khanda chapter 9—“The Glories of Advaita”.
Verse 3.9.246
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.9.246:
আজন্ম বিষয-ভোগে হৈযা মোহিত না ভজিলুঙ্ তোমার চরণ-নিজ-হিত ॥ ২৪৬ ॥
आजन्म विषय-भोगे हैया मोहित ना भजिलुङ् तोमार चरण-निज-हित ॥ २४६ ॥
ājanma viṣaya-bhoge haiyā mohita nā bhajiluṅ tomāra caraṇa-nija-hita || 246 ||
ajanma visaya-bhoge haiya mohita na bhajilun tomara carana-nija-hita (246)
English translation:
(246) “Since our birth we have been bewildered by sense gratification, therefore we have not worshiped Your lotus feet for our own benefit.