Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.7.94, 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 94 of Adi-khanda chapter 7—“Shri Vishvarupa Takes Sannyasa”.
Verse 1.7.94
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.7.94:
যে শুনযে বিশ্বরূপ-প্রভুর সন্ন্যাস কৃষ্ণ-ভক্তি হয তার ছিণ্ডে কর্ম-ফাঙ্স ॥ ৯৪ ॥
ये शुनये विश्वरूप-प्रभुर सन्न्यास कृष्ण-भक्ति हय तार छिण्डे कर्म-फाङ्स ॥ ९४ ॥
ye śunaye viśvarūpa-prabhura sannyāsa kṛṣṇa-bhakti haya tāra chiṇḍe karma-phāṅsa || 94 ||
ye sunaye visvarupa-prabhura sannyasa krsna-bhakti haya tara chinde karma-phansa (94)
English translation:
(94) Whoever hears the pastimes of Viśvarūpa’s acceptance of sannyāsa attains devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa and freedom from the bondage of fruitive work.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Śrī Viśvarūpa Prabhu is Saṅkarṣaṇa and is therefore nondifferent from Śrī Nityānanda Svarūpa. The prakāśa expansion of Mūla-saṅkarṣaṇa Śrī
Baladeva-Nityānanda Prabhu in Mahā-Vaikuṇṭha has appeared as Viśvarūpa in gaura-līlā.
If one hears the pastime of Viśvarūpa’s accepting sannyāsa, he will attain freedom from the bondage of fruitive activities. Śrī Viśvarūpa has three expansions—the first puruṣa incarnation, Kāraṇodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, the second puruṣa incarnation, Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, and the third puruṣa incarnation, Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu. If a living entity understands these three Viṣṇu forms in truth, he can attain freedom from the material concept of life.