Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.12.283, 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 283 of Adi-khanda chapter 12—“The Lord’s Wandering Throughout Navadvipa”.
Verse 1.12.283
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.12.283:
সে আনন্দ দেখিলেক যে সুকৃতি জন তা’নে দেখিলে ও, খণ্ডে সংসার-বন্ধন ॥ ২৮৩ ॥
से आनन्द देखिलेक ये सुकृति जन ता’ने देखिले ओ, खण्डे संसार-बन्धन ॥ २८३ ॥
se ānanda dekhileka ye sukṛti jana tā’ne dekhile o, khaṇḍe saṃsāra-bandhana || 283 ||
se ananda dekhileka ye sukrti jana ta’ne dekhile o, khande samsara-bandhana (283)
English translation:
(283) Just by seeing a pious soul who has seen those pastimes one is freed from material bondage.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The transcendental Vaikuṇṭha pastimes of Śrī Gaurasundara are so ecstatic that if one sees a person who sees such pastimes, one is freed
from attachment to material existence.