Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.4.47, 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 47 of Adi-khanda chapter 4—“Name-giving Ceremony, Childhood Pastimes, and Thieves Kidnap the Lord”.
Verse 1.4.47
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.4.47:
এ শিষু জন্মিলে মাত্র সর্ব-দেশে-দেশে দুর্ভিক্ষ ঘুচিল, বৃষ্টি পাইল কৃষকে ॥ ৪৭ ॥
ए शिषु जन्मिले मात्र सर्व-देशे-देशे दुर्भिक्ष घुचिल, वृष्टि पाइल कृषके ॥ ४७ ॥
e śiṣu janmile mātra sarva-deśe-deśe durbhikṣa ghucila, vṛṣṭi pāila kṛṣake || 47 ||
e sisu janmile matra sarva-dese-dese durbhiksa ghucila, vrsti paila krsake (47)
English translation:
(47) They said, “Since this child was born, all the surrounding provinces have been devoid of famine and the farmers have had sufficient rains.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
After careful consideration the expert learned persons named the child Viśvambhara. Since the birth of this child, His mercy has produced rains from the cloud of pure devotional service that have showered on the living entities’ hearts, which are compared to the farmers’ fields, burning from the threefold miseries. Thus the seed of devotional service to Kṛṣṇa has fructified and grown, and the absence of glorification of Lord Kṛṣṇa has now been completely eradicated.