Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.11.51, 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 51 of Madhya-khanda chapter 11—“The Characteristics of Nityananda”.
Verse 2.11.51
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.11.51:
তথাপিহ মাত্র তুমি সীতার চরণ ইহা বৈ সীতা নাহি দেখিলে কেমন ॥ ৫১ ॥
तथापिह मात्र तुमि सीतार चरण इहा बै सीता नाहि देखिले केमन ॥ ५१ ॥
tathāpiha mātra tumi sītāra caraṇa ihā bai sītā nāhi dekhile kemana || 51 ||
tathapiha matra tumi sitara carana iha bai sita nahi dekhile kemana (51)
English translation:
(51) “Yet You never saw Sītā, except for her lotus feet.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
In the Rāmāyaṇa, Uttara-kāṇḍa (58.21) Lakṣmaṇa speaks to Sītādevī as follows: “O beautiful one, what are you saying? O pious lady! I have never seen your form before, I have seen only your lotus feet.”