Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.1.84, 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 84 of Adi-khanda chapter 1—“Summary of Lord Gaura’s Pastimes”.
Verse 1.1.84
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.1.84:
বেদ-গুহ্য চৈতন্য-চরিত্র কেবা জানে? তাই লিখি, যাহা শুনিযাছি ভক্ত-স্থানে ॥ ৮৪ ॥
वेद-गुह्य चैतन्य-चरित्र केबा जाने? ताइ लिखि, याहा शुनियाछि भक्त-स्थाने ॥ ८४ ॥
veda-guhya caitanya-caritra kebā jāne? tāi likhi, yāhā śuniyāchi bhakta-sthāne || 84 ||
veda-guhya caitanya-caritra keba jane? tai likhi, yaha suniyachi bhakta-sthane (84)
English translation:
(84) Who can understand the pastimes of Śrī Caitanya? They are confidential even to the Vedas. Therefore I will write only what I have heard from the devotees.