Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.13.128, 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 128 of Adi-khanda chapter 13—“Defeating Digvijayi”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.13.128-129:

কা’রো স্থানে কহ যদি এ-সকল কথা তবে তুমি শীঘ্র হৈবা অল্পাযু সর্বথা যাঙ্’র ঠাঞি তোমার হৈল পরাজয অনন্ত-ব্রহ্মাণ্ড-নাথ সেই সুনিশ্চয ॥ ১২৮-১২৯ ॥

का’रो स्थाने कह यदि ए-सकल कथा तबे तुमि शीघ्र हैबा अल्पायु सर्वथा याङ्’र ठाञि तोमार हैल पराजय अनन्त-ब्रह्माण्ड-नाथ सेइ सुनिश्चय ॥ १२८-१२९ ॥

kā’ro sthāne kaha yadi e-sakala kathā tabe tumi śīghra haibā alpāyu sarvathā yāṅ’ra ṭhāñi tomāra haila parājaya ananta-brahmāṇḍa-nātha sei suniścaya || 128-129 ||

ka’ro sthane kaha yadi e-sakala katha tabe tumi sighra haiba alpayu sarvatha yan’ra thani tomara haila parajaya ananta-brahmanda-natha sei suniscaya (128-129)

English translation:

(128-129) “If you disclose these topics to anyone, you will meet a quick death. Know for certain that He by whom you were defeated is the Lord of innumerable universes.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Sarasvatī-devī appeared in a dream before Digvijayī Paṇḍita, who had chanted her mantras, and said, “If you disclose to anyone the most confidential topics that I am telling you regarding the covered incarnation of the Lord, then your death is certain.”

It is said that since Keśava Bhaṭṭa, the spiritual master of Gāṅgalya Bhaṭṭa, revealed the information about Śrīman Mahāprabhu that was given to him in a dream by Sarasvatī, he met with a premature death. Therefore Gāṅgalya Bhaṭṭa again initiated a brāhmaṇa from Kashmir and gave him the name Keśava. From this popular hearsay, it is clearly understood that the Digvijayī Paṇḍita referred to herein is not Keśava Kāśmīrī, rather he is a paṇḍita named Keśava Bhaṭṭa.

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