Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.12.212, 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 212 of Adi-khanda chapter 12—“The Lord’s Wandering Throughout Navadvipa”.
Verse 1.12.212
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.12.212:
বযস বাডিলে লোক কোথা স্থির হযে তোমার চাপল্য আরো দ্বি-গুণ বাডযে” ॥ ২১২ ॥
वयस बाडिले लोक कोथा स्थिर हये तोमार चापल्य आरो द्वि-गुण बाडये” ॥ २१२ ॥
vayasa bāḍile loka kothā sthira haye tomāra cāpalya āro dvi-guṇa bāḍaye” || 212 ||
vayasa badile loka kotha sthira haye tomara capalya aro dvi-guna badaye” (212)
English translation:
(212) “One is supposed to become sober as he grows up, but I see that Your restlessness has doubled.”
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
“As a man gets older, his childhood restlessness gradually diminishes, but what is this! I see that Your restlessness is gradually increasing with Your age!”