Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.4.68, 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 68 of Madhya-khanda chapter 4—“Revelation of Nityananda’s Glories”.
Verse 2.4.68
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.4.68:
আদি-দেব মহাযোগীঈশ্বর বৈষ্ণব মহিমার অন্ত ইহা না জানযে সব ॥ ৬৮ ॥
आदि-देव महायोगीईश्वर वैष्णव महिमार अन्त इहा ना जानये सब ॥ ६८ ॥
ādi-deva mahāyogīīśvara vaiṣṇava mahimāra anta ihā nā jānaye saba || 68 ||
adi-deva mahayogiisvara vaisnava mahimara anta iha na janaye saba (68)
English translation:
(68) Even the greatest Vaiṣṇava and yogi, Lord Mahādeva, does not know the limit of His glories.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Even Mahādeva is incapable of understanding the limits of Nityānanda Prabhu’s glorious service. Although Rudradeva is most self-controlled and in the category of supreme controller, he is unable to serve Gaura in all respects like Nityānanda.