Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.12.74, 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 74 of Adi-khanda chapter 12—“The Lord’s Wandering Throughout Navadvipa”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.12.74:

আপন-ইচ্ছায প্রভু নানা কর্ম করে সে কেমনে সুস্থ হৈবেক প্রতিকারে ॥ ৭৪ ॥

आपन-इच्छाय प्रभु नाना कर्म करे से केमने सुस्थ हैबेक प्रतिकारे ॥ ७४ ॥

āpana-icchāya prabhu nānā karma kare se kemane sustha haibeka pratikāre || 74 ||

apana-icchaya prabhu nana karma kare se kemane sustha haibeka pratikare (74)

English translation:

(74) The Lord performs various pastimes by His own sweet will. How can He be cured by some external remedies?

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The transformations of love that Śrī Gaurasundara displayed in order to manifest His transcendental pastimes can not be cured by administering external medicine. Physical and mental diseases affect the gross and subtle bodies. Ecstatic transformations do not act upon temporary material designations, rather the service propensities of a living entity are displayed through the transcendental body surrendered to the Lord. The artificial transformations of the material body are completely unlike the devotional transformations found in self-realized souls. Considering the body as the self, foolish people wrongly desire to achieve mundane prestige by artificially manipulating their body and senses on the pretext of displaying ecstatic transformations.

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