Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.3.42, 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 42 of Madhya-khanda chapter 3—“The Lord Manifests His Varaha Form in the House of Murari and Meets with Nityananda”.
Verse 2.3.42
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.3.42:
আমি যজ্ঞ-বরাহ—সকল-বেদ-সার আমি সে করিনু পূর্বে পৃথিবী উদ্ধার ॥ ৪২ ॥
आमि यज्ञ-वराह—सकल-वेद-सार आमि से करिनु पूर्वे पृथिवी उद्धार ॥ ४२ ॥
āmi yajña-varāha—sakala-veda-sāra āmi se karinu pūrve pṛthivī uddhāra || 42 ||
ami yajna-varaha—sakala-veda-sara ami se karinu purve prthivi uddhara (42)
English translation:
(42) “I am Varāha, the enjoyer of all sacrifices and the essence of the
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Vedas. It was I who previously delivered the earth.
“I previously took the form of Varāha, the enjoyer of all sacrifices, and delivered the earth, which was devoid of Vedic knowledge, from the waters of material knowledge. Therefore I am the essence of all the Vedas.”