Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.11.78, 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 78 of Adi-khanda chapter 11—“Meeting with Shri Ishvara Puri”.
Verse 1.11.78
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.11.78:
যেই-মাত্র শুনিলেন মুকুন্দের গীতে পডিলা ঈশ্বর-পুরী ঢলি’ পৃথিবীতে ॥ ৭৮ ॥
येइ-मात्र शुनिलेन मुकुन्देर गीते पडिला ईश्वर-पुरी ढलि’ पृथिवीते ॥ ७८ ॥
yei-mātra śunilena mukundera gīte paḍilā īśvara-purī ḍhali’ pṛthivīte || 78 ||
yei-matra sunilena mukundera gite padila isvara-puri dhali’ prthivite (78)
English translation:
(78) As the sound of Mukunda’s singing entered his ears, Śrī Īśvara Purī fell to the ground.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The heart of Purīpāda was melted by the love-filled singing of Mukunda, and his body displayed ecstatic transformations of love. The shedding of artificial tears by pseudo sampradāya members who imitate the transcendental position of the actual Vaiṣṇavas simply results in their being deprived of the devotees’ association. Realizing their ineligibility, persons whose hearts are steel-framed display artificial duplicitous emotions in order to attract people—this falls in the category of pretentious emotions.