Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.16.272, 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 272 of Adi-khanda chapter 16—“The Glories of Shri Haridasa Thakura”.
Verse 1.16.272
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.16.272:
তোমরা-সবার মুখে শুনিঞা সে আমি বলিতেছি, বলিবাঙ যেবা কিছু জানি ॥ ২৭২ ॥
तोमरा-सबार मुखे शुनिञा से आमि बलितेछि, बलिबाङ येबा किछु जानि ॥ २७२ ॥
tomarā-sabāra mukhe śuniñā se āmi balitechi, balibāṅa yebā kichu jāni || 272 ||
tomara-sabara mukhe sunina se ami balitechi, balibana yeba kichu jani (272)
English translation:
(272) “Therefore I have simply repeated and will repeat whatever I have heard from you.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Ṭhākura Haridāsa, who never expected any honor but always honored others, humbly replied, “I have not learned the incomparable glories of Hari’s names from the śāstras through the path of argument. Now and in the future I simply repeat whatever I have heard from those who are conversant with the glories of the holy names and who constantly chant the holy names of the Lord.