Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.5.167, 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 167 of Adi-khanda chapter 5—“Eating the Mendicant Brahmana’s Offerings”.
Verse 1.5.167
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.5.167:
বেদ-গোপ্য এ-সকল মহাচিত্র কথা ইহার শ্রবণে কৃষ্ণ মিলযে সর্বথা ॥ ১৬৭ ॥
वेद-गोप्य ए-सकल महाचित्र कथा इहार श्रवणे कृष्ण मिलये सर्वथा ॥ १६७ ॥
veda-gopya e-sakala mahācitra kathā ihāra śravaṇe kṛṣṇa milaye sarvathā || 167 ||
veda-gopya e-sakala mahacitra katha ihara sravane krsna milaye sarvatha (167)
English translation:
(167) One who hears these wonderful topics that are confidential to the Vedas certainly attains the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The phrase mahācitra kathā means “amazing variegated incidents.”