Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.3.17, 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 17 of Adi-khanda chapter 3—“Calculation of the Lord’s Horoscope”.
Verse 1.3.17
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.3.17:
ইঙ্হা হৈতে হৈবেক অপূর্ব প্রচার এই শিশু করিবে সর্ব-জগত্ উদ্ধার ॥ ১৭ ॥
इङ्हा हैते हैबेक अपूर्व प्रचार एइ शिशु करिबे सर्व-जगत् उद्धार ॥ १७ ॥
iṅhā haite haibeka apūrva pracāra ei śiśu karibe sarva-jagat uddhāra || 17 ||
inha haite haibeka apurva pracara ei sisu karibe sarva-jagat uddhara (17)
English translation:
(17) “He will preach wonderfully and thus deliver the entire world.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
“This child will distribute throughout the world the splendor of devotional service, which has never before been preached. He will deliver everyone from their narrow-minded desires for material enjoyment, fruitive activities, and speculative knowledge and fix them in their eternal occupation—devotional service to the Supreme Lord.”