Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.2.28, 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 28 of Adi-khanda chapter 2—“The Lord’s Appearance”.
Verse 1.2.28
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.2.28:
প্রভুর আজ্ঞায আগে সর্ব-পরিকর জন্ম লভিলেন সবে মানুষ-ভিতর ॥ ২৮ ॥
प्रभुर आज्ञाय आगे सर्व-परिकर जन्म लभिलेन सबे मानुष-भितर ॥ २८ ॥
prabhura ājñāya āge sarva-parikara janma labhilena sabe mānuṣa-bhitara || 28 ||
prabhura ajnaya age sarva-parikara janma labhilena sabe manusa-bhitara (28)
English translation:
(28) On the order of the Lord, all of His associates took birth in human society.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The associates of the Lord appeared on His order in the human society of this world in order to assist in Śrī Gaura’s pastimes. They are not ordinary human beings, prone to suffer the results of their past karma and subject to Yamarāja’s punishment.