Chaitanya Bhagavata

by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.14.70, 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 70 of Adi-khanda chapter 14—“The Lord’s Travel to East Bengal and the Disappearance of Lakshmipriya”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.14.70:

সবে আসি’ প্রভুরে করিযা নমস্কার বলিতে লাগিলা অতি করি’ পরিহার ॥ ৭০ ॥

सबे आसि’ प्रभुरे करिया नमस्कार बलिते लागिला अति करि’ परिहार ॥ ७० ॥

sabe āsi’ prabhure kariyā namaskāra balite lāgilā ati kari’ parihāra || 70 ||

sabe asi’ prabhure kariya namaskara balite lagila ati kari’ parihara (70)

English translation:

(70) Coming before the Lord, they offered their obeisances and humbly spoke as follows.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The word parihāra means “humble words,” “faltering words,” “submissive entreaties,” or “flattering words.”

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