Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.1.56, 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 56 of Adi-khanda chapter 1—“Summary of Lord Gaura’s Pastimes”.
Verse 1.1.56
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.1.56:
মূর্ধন্য্ অর্পিতম্ অণুবত্ সহস্র-মূর্ধ্নো ভূ-গোলং সগিরি-সরিত্-সমুদ্র-সত্ত্বম্ আনন্ত্যাদ্ অনিমিত-বিক্রমস্য ভূম্নঃ কো বীর্যাণ্য্ অধি গণযেত্ সহস্র-জিহ্বঃ ॥ ৫৬ ॥
मूर्धन्य् अर्पितम् अणुवत् सहस्र-मूर्ध्नो भू-गोलं सगिरि-सरित्-समुद्र-सत्त्वम् आनन्त्याद् अनिमित-विक्रमस्य भूम्नः को वीर्याण्य् अधि गणयेत् सहस्र-जिह्वः ॥ ५६ ॥
mūrdhany arpitam aṇuvat sahasra-mūrdhno bhū-golaṃ sagiri-sarit-samudra-sattvam ānantyād animita-vikramasya bhūmnaḥ ko vīryāṇy adhi gaṇayet sahasra-jihvaḥ || 56 ||
murdhany arpitam anuvat sahasra-murdhno bhu-golam sagiri-sarit-samudra-sattvam anantyad animita-vikramasya bhumnah ko viryany adhi ganayet sahasra-jihvah (56)
English translation:
(56) Because the Lord is unlimited, no one can estimate His power. This entire universe, filled with its many great mountains, rivers, oceans, trees, and living entities, is resting just like an atom on one of His many thousands of hoods. Is there anyone, even with thousands of tongues, who can describe His glories?
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
In his Krama-sandarbha commentary on the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī Prabhu says that because the form of the Supreme Lord is immeasurable, the universe naturally appears small in comparison with Him.