Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.9.235, 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 235 of Adi-khanda chapter 9—“Nityananda’s Childhood Pastimes and Travels to Holy Places”.
Verse 1.9.235
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.9.235:
তোমার পরম-ভক্ত নিত্যানন্দ-রায বিনা তুমি দিলে তাঙ্’রে কেহ নাহি পায ॥ ২৩৫ ॥
तोमार परम-भक्त नित्यानन्द-राय विना तुमि दिले ताङ्’रे केह नाहि पाय ॥ २३५ ॥
tomāra parama-bhakta nityānanda-rāya vinā tumi dile tāṅ’re keha nāhi pāya || 235 ||
tomara parama-bhakta nityananda-raya vina tumi dile tan’re keha nahi paya (235)
English translation:
(235) Lord Nityānanda is Your greatest devotee. No one can attain Him without Your sanction.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Unless Śrīman Mahāprabhu reveals Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu to a living entity, no one is able to attain His lotus feet. Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu alone is the highest respected servant and nondifferent from Śrīman Mahāprabhu.