Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.6.35, 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 35 of Adi-khanda chapter 6—“The Lord Begins Studying and His Childhood Mischief”.
Verse 1.6.35
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.6.35:
ভক্তি বিনা চৈতন্য-গোসাঞি নাহি জানি অনন্ত ব্রহ্মাণ্ড যাঙ্’র লোম-কূপে গণি ॥ ৩৫ ॥
भक्ति विना चैतन्य-गोसाञि नाहि जानि अनन्त ब्रह्माण्ड याङ्’र लोम-कूपे गणि ॥ ३५ ॥
bhakti vinā caitanya-gosāñi nāhi jāni ananta brahmāṇḍa yāṅ’ra loma-kūpe gaṇi || 35 ||
bhakti vina caitanya-gosani nahi jani ananta brahmanda yan’ra loma-kupe gani (35)
English translation:
(35) Without performing devotional service, no one can understand Lord Caitanya, from whose hair pores innumerable universes emanate.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word nāhi jāni mean “not known,” and the word gaṇi means “counted.”
The devotional service of Śrī Caitanyadeva is never awakened by the material endeavors of a living entity. Only those who have awakened their devotional service, which is the activity of the soul, can understand Śrī Caitanyadeva. It is a well known fact that innumerable universes are situated in the hair pores of Śrī Caitanya-Nārāyaṇa.