Chaitanya Bhagavata

by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.9.231, 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 231 of Adi-khanda chapter 9—“Nityananda’s Childhood Pastimes and Travels to Holy Places”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.9.231:

সর্ব-ভাবে স্বামী যেন হয নিত্যানন্দ তাঙ্’র হৈযা ভজি যেন প্রভু-গৌরচন্দ্র ॥ ২৩১ ॥

सर्व-भावे स्वामी येन हय नित्यानन्द ताङ्’र हैया भजि येन प्रभु-गौरचन्द्र ॥ २३१ ॥

sarva-bhāve svāmī yena haya nityānanda tāṅ’ra haiyā bhaji yena prabhu-gauracandra || 231 ||

sarva-bhave svami yena haya nityananda tan’ra haiya bhaji yena prabhu-gauracandra (231)

English translation:

(231) Let me serve Lord Gauracandra under the instructions of Lord Nityānanda, who is my worshipable Lord in all respects.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Just by seeing the word svāmī [which also means “husband”] in this verse, no one should try, like the gaura-nāgarīs, to become the consort of Nityānanda. The eternal desire of the author, who is a devotee of Gaura, is to engage with firm determination in the service of Śrī Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu and Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu under the guidance of his spiritual master, Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu.??Under the guidance of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu and accepting Him as his Lord, the author’s endeavor to favorably assist in Śrī Gaura’s service, of which Nityānanda Prabhu is the proprietor and sole authority, proves the author’s strong attachment for worshiping Gaura.

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