Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.9.248, 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 248 of Antya-khanda chapter 9—“The Glories of Advaita”.
Verse 3.9.248
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.9.248:
রাজপাত্র করি’ মোরে বঞ্চনা করিলা তবে মোরে মনুষ্য-জনম কেনে দিলা ॥ ২৪৮ ॥
राजपात्र करि’ मोरे वञ्चना करिला तबे मोरे मनुष्य-जनम केने दिला ॥ २४८ ॥
rājapātra kari’ more vañcanā karilā tabe more manuṣya-janama kene dilā || 248 ||
rajapatra kari’ more vancana karila tabe more manusya-janama kene dila (248)
English translation:
(248) “You have deceived us by making us ministers of a king. Why then have You given us this human form of life?