Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.2.29, 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 29 of Adi-khanda chapter 2—“The Lord’s Appearance”.
Verse 1.2.29
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.2.29:
কি অনন্ত, কি শিব, বিরিঞ্চি, ঋষি-গণ যত অবতারের পার্ষদ আপ্ত-গণ ॥ ২৯ ॥
कि अनन्त, कि शिव, विरिञ्चि, ऋषि-गण यत अवतारेर पार्षद आप्त-गण ॥ २९ ॥
ki ananta, ki śiva, viriñci, ṛṣi-gaṇa yata avatārera pārṣada āpta-gaṇa || 29 ||
ki ananta, ki siva, virinci, rsi-gana yata avatarera parsada apta-gana (29)
English translation:
(29) Ananta, Śiva, Brahmā, various sages, and the associates of all the Lord’s previous incarnations—all took birth as great devotees.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Various demigods and sages who had expertly offered prayers to the Lord in His various incarnations appeared in this material world as associates in Gaura’s eternal pastimes.