Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.16.197, 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 197 of Adi-khanda chapter 16—“The Glories of Shri Haridasa Thakura”.
Verse 1.16.197
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.16.197:
যাঙ্র দৃষ্টি-মাত্রে ছাডে অবিদ্যা-বন্ধন কৃষ্ণ না লঙ্ঘন হরিদাসের বচন ॥ ১৯৭ ॥
याङ्र दृष्टि-मात्रे छाडे अविद्या-बन्धन कृष्ण ना लङ्घन हरिदासेर वचन ॥ १९७ ॥
yāṅra dṛṣṭi-mātre chāḍe avidyā-bandhana kṛṣṇa nā laṅghana haridāsera vacana || 197 ||
yanra drsti-matre chade avidya-bandhana krsna na langhana haridasera vacana (197)
English translation:
(197) Simply by his glance one’s bondage born of nescience is destroyed. Even Lord Kṛṣṇa does not transgress the words of Haridāsa.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Only one who is blessed by Haridāsa Ṭhākura is able to constantly chant the names of Hari and take shelter of the pure holy names without committing offenses, and thus his contamination of ignorance, which is the root of material enjoyment, is totally uprooted. As a result of serving Haridāsa Ṭhākura and receiving his mercy, the Supreme Lord becomes obliged.