Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.12.230, 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 230 of Adi-khanda chapter 12—“The Lord’s Wandering Throughout Navadvipa”.
Verse 1.12.230
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.12.230:
আইর এ-সব দৃষ্টি কিছু চিত্র নহে বিষ্ণু-ভক্তি-স্বরূপিণী বেদে যাঙ্’রে কহে ॥ ২৩০ ॥
आइर ए-सब दृष्टि किछु चित्र नहे विष्णु-भक्ति-स्वरूपिणी वेदे याङ्’रे कहे ॥ २३० ॥
āira e-saba dṛṣṭi kichu citra nahe viṣṇu-bhakti-svarūpiṇī vede yāṅ’re kahe || 230 ||
aira e-saba drsti kichu citra nahe visnu-bhakti-svarupini vede yan’re kahe (230)
English translation:
(230) It is not astonishing that Śacī had such visions, for the Vedas describe her as the personification of devotional service to Lord Viṣṇu.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Devakī, the mother of Pṛśnigarbha, is the personification of devotional service to Lord Viṣṇu. Mothers of the Lord like Yaśodā, Devakī, and Śacī serve the Lord in pure vātsalya-rasa. Therefore, even though such mothers are worshipable to the Lord, they are not bereft of pure spiritual service.