Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.4.9, 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 9 of Adi-khanda chapter 4—“Name-giving Ceremony, Childhood Pastimes, and Thieves Kidnap the Lord”.
Verse 1.4.9
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.4.9:
পরম সঙ্কেত এই সবে বূঝিলেন কান্দিলেই হরি-নাম সবেই লযেন ॥ ৯ ॥
परम सङ्केत एइ सबे बूझिलेन कान्दिलेइ हरि-नाम सबेइ लयेन ॥ ९ ॥
parama saṅketa ei sabe būjhilena kāndilei hari-nāma sabei layena || 9 ||
parama sanketa ei sabe bujhilena kandilei hari-nama sabei layena (9)
English translation:
(9) As everyone came to understand this great mystery, they would all begin to chant the names of Hari whenever the Lord cried.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Everyone understood that if they did not chant the names of Hari, the Lord would continue crying, and if they would chant the names of Hari, the Lord would stop crying. Therefore they would chant the names of Hari before the Lord. Later, Mahāprabhu clearly explained the symptoms of a mahā-bhāgavata, or exalted devotee, to Rāmānanda Vasu as follows:
yāṅhāra darśane mukhe āise kṛṣṇa-nāma tāṅhāre jāniha tumi ‘vaiṣṇava-pradhāna’
TRANSLATION
“Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said: A first-class Vaiṣṇava is he whose very presence makes others chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa.”