Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.16.82, 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 82 of Adi-khanda chapter 16—“The Glories of Shri Haridasa Thakura”.
Verse 1.16.82
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.16.82:
এতেকে আমারে সে ঈশ্বর যেহেন লওযাইযাছেন চিত্তে, করি আমি তেন ॥ ৮২ ॥
एतेके आमारे से ईश्वर येहेन लओयाइयाछेन चित्ते, करि आमि तेन ॥ ८२ ॥
eteke āmāre se īśvara yehena laoyāiyāchena citte, kari āmi tena || 82 ||
eteke amare se isvara yehena laoyaiyachena citte, kari ami tena (82)
English translation:
(82) “Therefore I am only acting under the inspiration of the Supreme Lord.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
“For this reason I am engaged in the service of the Lord according to the inspiration that He has given me. A person makes progress in the service of the Lord by acting in whatever way the Lord inspires him.” In the Bhagavad-gītā (10.10) it is stated:
teṣāṃ satata-yuktānāṃ bhajatāṃ prīti-pūrvakam dadāmi buddhi-yogaṃ taṃ yena mām upayānti te
“To those who are constantly devoted to serving Me with love, I give the understanding by which they can come to Me.”