Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.5.301, 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 301 of Antya-khanda chapter 5—“The Pastimes of Nityananda”.
Verse 3.5.301
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.5.301:
নিত্যানন্দ-স্বরূপের প্রেম-দৃষ্টি-পাতে সবার হৈল আত্ম-বিস্মৃতি দেহেতে ॥ ৩০১ ॥
नित्यानन्द-स्वरूपेर प्रेम-दृष्टि-पाते सबार हैल आत्म-विस्मृति देहेते ॥ ३०१ ॥
nityānanda-svarūpera prema-dṛṣṭi-pāte sabāra haila ātma-vismṛti dehete || 301 ||
nityananda-svarupera prema-drsti-pate sabara haila atma-vismrti dehete (301)
English translation:
(301) By the love-filled glance of Nityānanda Svarūpa, they all forgot themselves.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
By the love-filled glance of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu, they all forgot the external world and they realized that Śrī Gaurasundara had come from Nīlācala and all directions were filled with the sweet fragrance of damanaka flowers. In South India damanaka flowers are widely used because of their fragrance. They look like the leaves of the tamarisk tree, but they are very soft. Unless one forgets about the external world, there is no possibility of approaching the beauty of transcendental service.