Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.14.57, 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 57 of Adi-khanda chapter 14—“The Lord’s Travel to East Bengal and the Disappearance of Lakshmipriya”.
Verse 1.14.57
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.14.57:
দেবে ও করেন কাম্য যে-প্রভু দেখিতে যে-তে-জনে হেন প্রভু দেখে কৃপা হৈতে ॥ ৫৭ ॥
देवे ओ करेन काम्य ये-प्रभु देखिते ये-ते-जने हेन प्रभु देखे कृपा हैते ॥ ५७ ॥
deve o karena kāmya ye-prabhu dekhite ye-te-jane hena prabhu dekhe kṛpā haite || 57 ||
deve o karena kamya ye-prabhu dekhite ye-te-jane hena prabhu dekhe krpa haite (57)
English translation:
(57) That Lord whom even the demigods desire to see now mercifully appeared before the vision of everyone.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Out of compassion, the Lord manifested His form, which is rarely seen by the demigods, to the people of Bangladesh. By giving up duplicity born from the service of māyā, those who were fortunate enough to see the transcendental form of the Lord did not accrue any inauspiciousness like followers of the path of preyas, temporary material gratification, who are attached to material conceptions. The causeless mercy of the Lord alone protected men and women who flourished with sensual knowledge inspired by material perceptions from their enjoying spirit.