Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.14.141, 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 141 of Adi-khanda chapter 14—“The Lord’s Travel to East Bengal and the Disappearance of Lakshmipriya”.
Verse 1.14.141
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.14.141:
শুন মিশ্র, কলি-যুগে নাহি তপ-যজ্ঞ যেই জন ভজে কৃষ্ণ, তাঙ্’র মহা-ভাগ্য ॥ ১৪১ ॥
शुन मिश्र, कलि-युगे नाहि तप-यज्ञ येइ जन भजे कृष्ण, ताङ्’र महा-भाग्य ॥ १४१ ॥
śuna miśra, kali-yuge nāhi tapa-yajña yei jana bhaje kṛṣṇa, tāṅ’ra mahā-bhāgya || 141 ||
suna misra, kali-yuge nahi tapa-yajna yei jana bhaje krsna, tan’ra maha-bhagya (141)
English translation:
(141) “Please listen, dear Miśra, there is no other austerity or sacrifice prescribed in this age of Kali. One who worships Kṛṣṇa is most
fortunate.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
What to speak of mundane methods for achieving the goal of life, such as jñāna and karma, performing the meditation of Satya-yuga, performing the sacrifices of Tretā-yuga, or performing the temple worship of Dvāpara-yuga cannot bear any fruit in Kali-yuga. Therefore there is no one more fortunate than one who always worships Lord Hari under the shelter of the holy names, which are nondifferent from Kṛṣṇa.