Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.6.13, 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 13 of Adi-khanda chapter 6—“The Lord Begins Studying and His Childhood Mischief”.
Verse 1.6.13-14
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.6.13-14:
সবে এক-মাত্র আছে মহা-প্রতিকার হরি-নাম শুনিলে না কান্দে প্রভু আর হাতে তালি দিযা সবে বোলে “হরি হরি” তখন সুস্থির হয চাঞ্চল্য পাসরি’ ॥ ১৩-১৪ ॥
सबे एक-मात्र आछे महा-प्रतिकार हरि-नाम शुनिले ना कान्दे प्रभु आर हाते तालि दिया सबे बोले “हरि हरि” तखन सुस्थिर हय चाञ्चल्य पासरि’ ॥ १३-१४ ॥
sabe eka-mātra āche mahā-pratikāra hari-nāma śunile nā kānde prabhu āra hāte tāli diyā sabe bole “hari hari” takhana susthira haya cāñcalya pāsari’ || 13-14 ||
sabe eka-matra ache maha-pratikara hari-nama sunile na kande prabhu ara hate tali diya sabe bole “hari hari” takhana susthira haya cancalya pasari’ (13-14)
English translation:
(13-14) There was, however, one sure remedy; whenever He heard the names of Hari, He would stop crying. When everyone clapped their hands and chanted the name of Hari, He would be pacified and give up His restlessness.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word pratikāra means “antiseptic” or “medicinal.”
The word pāsari’ means “by forgetting.”
By this pastime the Lord demonstrated both the insignificance of the unsatisfied material desires of conditioned souls who never engage in kīrtana and that by hearing kṛṣṇa-kīrtana all of one’s desires and obstacles are destroyed, one’s mind becomes fixed, and one’s love for Kṛṣṇa increases.