Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.1.57, 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 57 of Adi-khanda chapter 1—“Summary of Lord Gaura’s Pastimes”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.1.57:

এবম্-প্রভাবো ভগবান্ অনন্তো দুরন্ত-বীর্যোরু-গুণানুভাবঃ মূলে রসাযাঃ স্থিত আত্ম-তন্ত্রো যো লীলযা ক্ষ্মাং স্থিতযে বিভর্তি ॥ ৫৭ ॥

एवम्-प्रभावो भगवान् अनन्तो दुरन्त-वीर्योरु-गुणानुभावः मूले रसायाः स्थित आत्म-तन्त्रो यो लीलया क्ष्मां स्थितये बिभर्ति ॥ ५७ ॥

evam-prabhāvo bhagavān ananto duranta-vīryoru-guṇānubhāvaḥ mūle rasāyāḥ sthita ātma-tantro yo līlayā kṣmāṃ sthitaye bibharti || 57 ||

evam-prabhavo bhagavan ananto duranta-viryoru-gunanubhavah mule rasayah sthita atma-tantro yo lilaya ksmam sthitaye bibharti (57)

English translation:

(57) There is no end to the great and glorious qualities of that powerful Lord Anantadeva. Indeed, His prowess is unlimited. Though self- sufficient, He Himself is the support of everything. He resides beneath the lower planetary systems and easily sustains the entire universe.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

According to Śrīdhara Svāmī, the word ātma-tantra in this verse means “self-sufficient.”

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