Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.1.48, 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 48 of Adi-khanda chapter 1—“Summary of Lord Gaura’s Pastimes”.
Verse 1.1.48
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.1.48:
কি ব্রহ্মা, কি শিব, কি সনকাদি ‘কুমার’ ব্যাস, শুক, নারদাদি, ‘ভক্ত’ নাম যাঙ্র ॥ ৪৮ ॥
कि ब्रह्मा, कि शिव, कि सनकादि ‘कुमार’ व्यास, शुक, नारदादि, ‘भक्त’ नाम याङ्र ॥ ४८ ॥
ki brahmā, ki śiva, ki sanakādi ‘kumāra’ vyāsa, śuka, nāradādi, ‘bhakta’ nāma yāṅra || 48 ||
ki brahma, ki siva, ki sanakadi ‘kumara’ vyasa, suka, naradadi, ‘bhakta’ nama yanra (48)
English translation:
(48) Lord Brahmā, Lord Śiva, the four Kumāras (Sanaka, Sanātana, Sanandana and Sanāt-kumāra), Vyāsadeva, Śukadeva Gosvāmī, and Nārada are all pure devotees, eternal servants of the Lord.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Please refer to the purport of verse 21.