Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.16.4, 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 4 of Adi-khanda chapter 16—“The Glories of Shri Haridasa Thakura”.
Verse 1.16.4
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.16.4:
আদি-খণ্ড-কথা অতি অমৃতের ধার যহিঙ্ গৌরাঙ্গের সর্ব-মোহন বিহার ॥ ৪ ॥
आदि-खण्ड-कथा अति अमृतेर धार यहिङ् गौराङ्गेर सर्व-मोहन विहार ॥ ४ ॥
ādi-khaṇḍa-kathā ati amṛtera dhāra yahiṅ gaurāṅgera sarva-mohana vihāra || 4 ||
adi-khanda-katha ati amrtera dhara yahin gaurangera sarva-mohana vihara (4)
English translation:
(4) The topics of Ādi-khaṇḍa are like a stream of nectar, full of the enchanting descriptions of Lord Gaurāṅga’s pastimes.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The phrase sarva-mohana vihāra is explained as follows: Both those who see and those who hear about Gaurasundara’s pastimes as a child and youth are enchanted. The concocted consideration of parakīya attributed to Gaurasundara by the gaura-nāgarīs is not the purport of the phrase sarva-mohana.