Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.13.192, 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 192 of Adi-khanda chapter 13—“Defeating Digvijayi”.
Verse 1.13.192
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.13.192:
কলি-যুগে তা’র সাক্ষী শ্রী-দবির-খাস রাজ্য-পদ ছাডি’ যাঙ্’র অরণ্যে বিলাস ॥ ১৯২ ॥
कलि-युगे ता’र साक्षी श्री-दबिर-खास राज्य-पद छाडि’ याङ्’र अरण्ये विलास ॥ १९२ ॥
kali-yuge tā’ra sākṣī śrī-dabira-khāsa rājya-pada chāḍi’ yāṅ’ra araṇye vilāsa || 192 ||
kali-yuge ta’ra saksi sri-dabira-khasa rajya-pada chadi’ yan’ra aranye vilasa (192)
English translation:
(192) The prime example of this in Kali-yuga is Śrī Dabira Khāsa, who left
a kingdom to live in the forest.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
One should discuss the following verse from Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Antya 6.220) in this regard: “Renunciation is the basic principle sustaining the lives of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s devotees. Seeing this renunciation, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is extremely satisfied.”
Śrī Dabira Khāsa gave up his previous worldly name and accepted the name “Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī” given by Śrī Gaurasundara. This is the prime example of undergoing the third of the five saṃskāras required for initiated Vaiṣṇavas.
The words araṇye vilāsa refer to residing in the forest of Vṛndāvana. While residing in Vṛndāvana in this way, there are no desires for enjoying material sense gratification like the sahajiyās.