Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.3.45, 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 45 of Antya-khanda chapter 3—“Mahaprabhu’s Deliverance of Sarvabhauma, Exhibition of His Six-armed Form, and Journey to Bengal”.
Verse 3.3.45
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.3.45:
তাহারে সে বলি বিদ্যা, মন্ত্র, অধ্যযন কৃষ্ণ-পাদ-পদ্মে যে করযে স্থির মন ॥ ৪৫ ॥
ताहारे से बलि विद्या, मन्त्र, अध्ययन कृष्ण-पाद-पद्मे ये करये स्थिर मन ॥ ४५ ॥
tāhāre se bali vidyā, mantra, adhyayana kṛṣṇa-pāda-padme ye karaye sthira mana || 45 ||
tahare se bali vidya, mantra, adhyayana krsna-pada-padme ye karaye sthira mana (45)
English translation:
(45) “Real education, chanting of mantras, and study of the scriptures are those by which one fixes his mind at the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Other readings for mantra is anta (“end”) or manta (“opinion”).