Chaitanya Bhagavata

by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.1.5, 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 5 of Adi-khanda chapter 1—“Summary of Lord Gaura’s Pastimes”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.1.5:

জযতি জযতি দেবঃ কৃষ্ণ-চৈতন্য-চন্দ্রো জযতি জযতি কীর্তিস্ তস্য নিত্যা পবিত্রা জযতি জযতি ভৃত্যাস্ তস্য বিশ্বেশ-মূর্তের্ জযতি জযতি নৃত্যং তস্য সর্ব-প্রিযাণাম্ ॥ ৫ ॥

जयति जयति देवः कृष्ण-चैतन्य-चन्द्रो जयति जयति कीर्तिस् तस्य नित्या पवित्रा जयति जयति भृत्यास् तस्य विश्वेश-मूर्तेर् जयति जयति नृत्यं तस्य सर्व-प्रियाणाम् ॥ ५ ॥

jayati jayati devaḥ kṛṣṇa-caitanya-candro jayati jayati kīrtis tasya nityā pavitrā jayati jayati bhṛtyās tasya viśveśa-mūrter jayati jayati nṛtyaṃ tasya sarva-priyāṇām || 5 ||

jayati jayati devah krsna-caitanya-candro jayati jayati kirtis tasya nitya pavitra jayati jayati bhrtyas tasya visvesa-murter jayati jayati nrtyam tasya sarva-priyanam (5)

English translation:

(5) All glories to Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanyacandra, who is the fully independent Supreme Personality of Godhead and the abode of transcendental pastimes! All glories to His eternally pure activities! Śrī Gaurasundara is the controller of all other controllers, the Lord of the universe, and the embodiment of transcendental knowledge. All glories to His devotees, and all gloriesto the dancing of His beloved associates!

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

After Śrī Gaurasundara left Navadvīpa, His followers addressed Him as Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanyacandra, the predominating Deity of sambandha. Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī has stated in his prayer: kṛṣṇāya kṛṣṇa-caitanya-nāmne gaura-tviṣe namaḥ—“I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, who has assumed the golden color of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.” It is stated in the Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Ādi 3.34): “In His later pastimes He is known as Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya. He blesses the whole world by teaching everyone the glories of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa.”

Those who are acetanāśraya, or devoid of spiritual consciousness, should not think that they can contaminate the teachings of Lord Gaurāṅga simply by replacing Caitanya-maṅgala with Gaura-maṅgala, Caitanya- bhāgavata with Gaura-bhāgavata, Caitanya- caritāmṛta with Gaurāṅga- caritāmṛta, or Caitanya-candrodaya with Gaura-candrodaya. In gaura- līlā the Lord has accepted the name Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya in order to awaken the propensity of materialistic people, who are acaitanya, devoid of spiritual consciousness, to develop their caitanya-dharma, in the form of cultivating Kṛṣṇa consciousness. He also induced people who aspired for liberation to engage in the worship of Lord Kṛṣṇa.

Śrī Gaurasundara is mahā-vadānya, most magnanimous, and kṛṣṇa- prema-pradātā, the bestower of love for Kṛṣṇa—these are His supremely pure eternal glories.

All the devotees who are direct servants of Śrī Viśvambhara, the controller of the universe and Lord of Goloka, are personally maintained

by Him and are therefore the owners of His entire wealth and opulence. All glories to the servitorship of Śrī Svarūpa Dāmodara, Śrī Rāmānanda, Śrī Vakreśvara, and other beloved devotees, who in the mood of gopīs always glorify the Lord.

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