Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.1.51, 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 51 of Adi-khanda chapter 1—“Summary of Lord Gaura’s Pastimes”.
Verse 1.1.51
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.1.51:
সেবন শুনিলা, এবে শুন ঠাকুরাল আত্ম-তন্ত্রে যেন-মতে বৈসেন পাতাল ॥ ৫১ ॥
सेवन शुनिला, एबे शुन ठाकुराल आत्म-तन्त्रे येन-मते वैसेन पाताल ॥ ५१ ॥
sevana śunilā, ebe śuna ṭhākurāla ātma-tantre yena-mate vaisena pātāla || 51 ||
sevana sunila, ebe suna thakurala atma-tantre yena-mate vaisena patala (51)
English translation:
(51) I have already spoken to you of Anantadeva’s influential service to the Lord. Now hear how the self-sufficient Ananta exists in the lower planetary system of Pātāla.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word ṭhākurāla means “influence” or “important or opulent pastimes.” The word ātma-tantre means “self-supporting.” This is explained by Śrīdhara Svāmī in his commentary on the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (5.26.13), which is quoted as verse 57 of this chapter. Lord Anantadeva is situated below Rasātala (below the earth) as “self- supporting on His own.”