Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.1.134, 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 134 of Adi-khanda chapter 1—“Summary of Lord Gaura’s Pastimes”.
Verse 1.1.134
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.1.134:
মধ্য-খণ্ডে, শুক্লাম্বর-তণ্ডুল-ভোজন মধ্য-খণ্ডে, নানা ছান্দ হৈলা নারাযণ ॥ ১৩৪ ॥
मध्य-खण्डे, शुक्लाम्बर-तण्डुल-भोजन मध्य-खण्डे, नाना छान्द हैला नारायण ॥ १३४ ॥
madhya-khaṇḍe, śuklāmbara-taṇḍula-bhojana madhya-khaṇḍe, nānā chānda hailā nārāyaṇa || 134 ||
madhya-khande, suklambara-tandula-bhojana madhya-khande, nana chanda haila narayana (134)
English translation:
(134) In the Madhya-khaṇḍa the Lord eats Śuklāmbara Brahmacārī’s rice and performs various pastimes as Nārāyaṇa.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The Lord displayed His pastimes of eating ātapa and siddha rice 21, which are prepared from āśu and haimantika paddy. He took both varieties of rice from the alms received by Śuklāmbara Brahmacārī. The word chānda refers to the display of pastimes through various amazing gestures.