Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.11.20, 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 20 of Adi-khanda chapter 11—“Meeting with Shri Ishvara Puri”.
Verse 1.11.20
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.11.20:
সবেই জন্মিযাছেন প্রভুর আজ্ঞায সবেই বিরক্ত কৃষ্ণ-ভক্ত সর্বথায ॥ ২০ ॥
सबेइ जन्मियाछेन प्रभुर आज्ञाय सबेइ विरक्त कृष्ण-भक्त सर्वथाय ॥ २० ॥
sabei janmiyāchena prabhura ājñāya sabei virakta kṛṣṇa-bhakta sarvathāya || 20 ||
sabei janmiyachena prabhura ajnaya sabei virakta krsna-bhakta sarvathaya (20)
English translation:
(20) They were all renounced devotees of Kṛṣṇa and had taken birth by the order of the Lord.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
By the desire of Gaurasundara, all the devotees who had appeared in this world at that time became totally indifferent to material objects and constantly engaged in worshiping Kṛṣṇa.