Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.1.137, 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 137 of Antya-khanda chapter 1—“Meeting Again at the House of Shri Advaita Acarya”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.1.137:

ক্ষণেকে দেখিযা গোষ্ঠে গডাগডি’ যায বত্স-প্রায হৈযা গাভীর দুগ্ধ খায ॥ ১৩৭ ॥

क्षणेके देखिया गोष्ठे गडागडि’ याय वत्स-प्राय हैया गाभीर दुग्ध खाय ॥ १३७ ॥

kṣaṇeke dekhiyā goṣṭhe gaḍāgaḍi’ yāya vatsa-prāya haiyā gābhīra dugdha khāya || 137 ||

ksaneke dekhiya gosthe gadagadi’ yaya vatsa-praya haiya gabhira dugdha khaya (137)

English translation:

(137) Sometimes He would roll in the pasturing ground, and sometimes He would drink milk from a cow like a calf.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Another reading for vatsa (“calf”) is vaccha (“calf”).

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