Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.15.216, 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 216 of Adi-khanda chapter 15—“Marriage with Shri Vishnupriya”.
Verse 1.15.216
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.15.216:
যাঙ্হার মূর্তির বিভা দেখিলে নযনে পাপ-মুক্ত হৈ’ যায বৈকুণ্ঠ-ভুবনে ॥ ২১৬ ॥
याङ्हार मूर्तिर विभा देखिले नयने पाप-मुक्त है’ याय वैकुण्ठ-भुवने ॥ २१६ ॥
yāṅhāra mūrtira vibhā dekhile nayane pāpa-mukta hai’ yāya vaikuṇṭha-bhuvane || 216 ||
yanhara murtira vibha dekhile nayane papa-mukta hai’ yaya vaikuntha-bhuvane (216)
English translation:
(216) Anyone who sees the marriage ceremony of the Supreme Lord is freed from all sinful reactions and returns to Vaikuṇṭha.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The marriages based on sense gratification between ordinary men and women are known as bandhana, or bondage. But if a materialist sees the marriage pastimes of Śrī Gaura-Nārāyaṇa, the Lord of Vaikuṇṭha, with goddess Śrīmatī Viṣṇupriyā-Lakṣmī, then his desire for material enjoyment is vanquished, and as a result of the awakening of transcendental knowledge he will be freed from material existence and attain Vaikuṇṭha.