Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.12.107, 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 107 of Adi-khanda chapter 12—“The Lord’s Wandering Throughout Navadvipa”.
Verse 1.12.107
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.12.107:
নগরে ভ্রমণ করে’ শ্রী-শচীনন্দন দেবের দুর্লভ বস্তু দেখে সর্ব-জন ॥ ১০৭ ॥
नगरे भ्रमण करे’ श्री-शचीनन्दन देवेर दुर्लभ वस्तु देखे सर्व-जन ॥ १०७ ॥
nagare bhramaṇa kare’ śrī-śacīnandana devera durlabha vastu dekhe sarva-jana || 107 ||
nagare bhramana kare’ sri-sacinandana devera durlabha vastu dekhe sarva-jana (107)
English translation:
(107) Although Śrī Śacīnandana is rarely seen by even the demigods, He now wandered through the streets of Navadvīpa within the sight of all.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Śrī Gaurasundara is not perceivable by even the demigods. The demigods
who reside in heaven are the best of the living entities under the three modes of material nature. Their advanced position is within the jurisdiction of temporary time and temporary existence—that is, it is not eternal. Since the Absolute Truth, Gaura-Kṛṣṇa, is not visible even to the demigods, He is rarely attained; by His unlimited causeless mercy He manifests Himself only before the most fortunate souls. Such persons do not defy Him by considering Him a material object. But unfortunate persons do not see Him in this way. Their perception of the Lord is hindered by simply mundane conceptions. Therefore they achieve only some piety while seeing the Lord.