Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.16.243, 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 243 of Adi-khanda chapter 16—“The Glories of Shri Haridasa Thakura”.
Verse 1.16.243
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.16.243:
স্পর্শের কি দায, দেখিলেই হরিদাস ছিণ্ডে’ সর্ব-জীবের অনাদি কর্ম-পাশ ॥ ২৪৩ ॥
स्पर्शेर कि दाय, देखिलेइ हरिदास छिण्डे’ सर्व-जीवेर अनादि कर्म-पाश ॥ २४३ ॥
sparśera ki dāya, dekhilei haridāsa chiṇḍe’ sarva-jīvera anādi karma-pāśa || 243 ||
sparsera ki daya, dekhilei haridasa chinde’ sarva-jivera anadi karma-pasa (243)
English translation:
(243) “What to speak of his touch, just by seeing Haridāsa one is released
from the bondage of fruitive activities.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
What to speak of touching Haridāsa, if one simply sees him, then all material bondage born of nescience from time immemorial is at once cut to pieces.