Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.3.23, 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 23 of Adi-khanda chapter 3—“Calculation of the Lord’s Horoscope”.
Verse 1.3.23
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.3.23:
বিষ্ণু যেন অবতরি’ লওযাযেন ধর্ম সেই-মত এ শিশু করিবে সর্ব-কর্ম ॥ ২৩ ॥
विष्णु येन अवतरि’ लओयायेन धर्म सेइ-मत ए शिशु करिबे सर्व-कर्म ॥ २३ ॥
viṣṇu yena avatari’ laoyāyena dharma sei-mata e śiśu karibe sarva-karma || 23 ||
visnu yena avatari’ laoyayena dharma sei-mata e sisu karibe sarva-karma (23)
English translation:
(23) “Just as Lord Viṣṇu incarnates and induces people to follow religious principles, this child will perform similar activities.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Whenever there is danger in this material world, the demigods pray to the Supreme Lord. Lord Viṣṇu then incarnates and protects the demigods and human beings from the danger. This child will also be as powerful as Lord Viṣṇu while He fulfills His mission.