Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.16.244, 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 244 of Adi-khanda chapter 16—“The Glories of Shri Haridasa Thakura”.
Verse 1.16.244
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.16.244:
হরিদাস আশ্রয করিবে যেই জন তা’নে দেখিলে ও খণ্ডে’ সংসার-বন্ধন ॥ ২৪৪ ॥
हरिदास आश्रय करिबे येइ जन ता’ने देखिले ओ खण्डे’ संसार-बन्धन ॥ २४४ ॥
haridāsa āśraya karibe yei jana tā’ne dekhile o khaṇḍe’ saṃsāra-bandhana || 244 ||
haridasa asraya karibe yei jana ta’ne dekhile o khande’ samsara-bandhana (244)
English translation:
(244) “Indeed, even if one sees a person who has taken shelter of Haridāsa, he is freed from material bondage.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Even if a conditioned soul sees those who consider Nāmācārya Haridāsa as their spiritual master, he is released from all material bondage.