Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.9.102, 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 102 of Adi-khanda chapter 9—“Nityananda’s Childhood Pastimes and Travels to Holy Places”.
Verse 1.9.102-104
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.9.102-104:
নিত্যানন্দ-তীর্থ-যাত্রা শুন আদি-খণ্ডে যে-প্রভুরে নিন্দে দুষ্ট পাপিষ্ঠ পাষণ্ডে যে-প্রভু করিলা সর্ব-জগত্-উদ্ধার করুণা-সমুদ্র যাঙ্হা বৈ নাহি আর যাঙ্হার কৃপায জানি চৈতন্যের তত্ত্ব যে প্রভুর দ্বারে ব্যক্ত চৈতন্য-মহত্ত্ব ॥ ১০২-১০৪ ॥
नित्यानन्द-तीर्थ-यात्रा शुन आदि-खण्डे ये-प्रभुरे निन्दे दुष्ट पापिष्ठ पाषण्डे ये-प्रभु करिला सर्व-जगत्-उद्धार करुणा-समुद्र याङ्हा बै नाहि आर याङ्हार कृपाय जानि चैतन्येर तत्त्व ये प्रभुर द्वारे व्यक्त चैतन्य-महत्त्व ॥ १०२-१०४ ॥
nityānanda-tīrtha-yātrā śuna ādi-khaṇḍe ye-prabhure ninde duṣṭa pāpiṣṭha pāṣaṇḍe ye-prabhu karilā sarva-jagat-uddhāra karuṇā-samudra yāṅhā bai nāhi āra yāṅhāra kṛpāya jāni caitanyera tattva ye prabhura dvāre vyakta caitanya-mahattva || 102-104 ||
nityananda-tirtha-yatra suna adi-khande ye-prabhure ninde dusta papistha pasande ye-prabhu karila sarva-jagat-uddhara karuna-samudra yanha bai nahi ara yanhara krpaya jani caitanyera tattva ye prabhura dvare vyakta caitanya-mahattva (102-104)
English translation:
(102-104) Please listen to this narration in the Ādi-khaṇḍa of the holy places visited by Lord Nityānanda, who only the most degraded sinful atheists would dare criticize. That Lord who delivered the entire universe is nothing but an ocean of mercy. Only by His mercy can we know the truth about Lord Caitanya. In fact, the glories of Lord Caitanya are manifested through Him.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu exhibited compassion towards the fallen, averse living entities and thus delivered the entire world. Being bereft of receiving His mercy, only wicked, sinful atheists criticized Him.
Only Śrī Nityānanda has made the truth regarding Śrī Caitanya known to the world. Without His mercy, no one is able to enter into the glories of Śrī Caitanya by independent endeavor.