Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati D膩sa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.10.179, 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 179 of Antya-khanda chapter 10鈥斺�淭he Glories of Shri Pundarika Vidyanidhi鈥�.
Verse 3.10.179
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.10.179:
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啶ぞ啶�-啶膏啶ぐ啷嵿ざ-啶く啷� 啶ㄠぞ 啶曕ぐ啷囙え 啶椸啷嵿啶�-啶膏啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶膏が啷� 啶椸啷嵿啶� 啶︵啶栢啶�, 啶曕ぐ啷囙え 啶溹げ-啶ぞ啶� 啷� 啷оキ啷� 啷�
p膩da-spar艣a-bhaye n膩 karena ga峁単膩-sn膩na sabe ga峁単膩 dekhena, karena jala-p膩na || 179 ||
pada-sparsa-bhaye na karena ganga-snana sabe ganga dekhena, karena jala-pana (179)
English translation:
(179) 笔耻峁囜笉补谤墨办补 Vidy膩nidhi would not take bath in the Ganges in fear of touching her with his feet. He would simply take 诲补谤艣补苍补 of the Ganges and drink the water.
Commentary: Gau岣嵞珁a-bh膩峁a by 艢r墨la Bhaktisiddh膩nta Sarasvat墨 峁琱膩kura:
Some devotees do not take bath in the Ganges out of consideration that the Ganges water is nectar emanating from 碍峁涐梗峁嘺鈥檚 lotus feet. Rather than
touching the water of the Ganges with their feet, they drink the water and take 诲补谤艣补苍补 of the Ganges.