Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.2.159, 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 159 of Adi-khanda chapter 2—“The Lord’s Appearance”.
Verse 1.2.159
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.2.159:
তোমার আজ্ঞায এক এক সেবকে তোমার অনন্ত ব্রহ্মাণ্ড পারে করিতে উদ্ধার ॥ ১৫৯ ॥
तोमार आज्ञाय एक एक सेवके तोमार अनन्त ब्रह्माण्ड पारे करिते उद्धार ॥ १५९ ॥
tomāra ājñāya eka eka sevake tomāra ananta brahmāṇḍa pāre karite uddhāra || 159 ||
tomara ajnaya eka eka sevake tomara ananta brahmanda pare karite uddhara (159)
English translation:
(159) “By Your order, each one of Your servants can deliver innumerable universes.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
[The Vaiṣṇava poet Śrī Devakīnanda Dāsa has sung:] brahmāṇḍa tārite śakti dhare jane jane—“Each and every one of the devotees of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu can deliver the entire universe.”