Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.1.58, 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 58 of Adi-khanda chapter 1—“Summary of Lord Gaura’s Pastimes”.
Verse 1.1.58
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.1.58:
সৃষ্টি, স্থিতি, প্রলয, সত্ত্বাদি যত গুণ যাঙ্র দৃষ্টি-পাতে হয, যায পুনঃ পুনঃ ॥ ৫৮ ॥
सृष्टि, स्थिति, प्रलय, सत्त्वादि यत गुण याङ्र दृष्टि-पाते हय, याय पुनः पुनः ॥ ५८ ॥
sṛṣṭi, sthiti, pralaya, sattvādi yata guṇa yāṅra dṛṣṭi-pāte haya, yāya punaḥ punaḥ || 58 ||
srsti, sthiti, pralaya, sattvadi yata guna yanra drsti-pate haya, yaya punah punah (58)
English translation:
(58) Simply due to the glance of Lord Ananta, the three material modes of nature interact and produce creation, maintenance, and annihilation. These modes of nature appear again and again.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
This and the following verse are Bengali translations of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (5.25.9), which is quoted as verse 53 of this chapter. The word dṛṣṭi-pāte means “by His glance.” The words haya and yāya
indicate that by His glance the ability for creation, maintenance, and annihilation are made possible. In the Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Ādi 5.46) it is stated: “Saṅkarṣaṇa is the original shelter of the puruṣa, from whom this world is created and in whom it is dissolved.”