Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.16.314, 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 314 of Adi-khanda chapter 16—“The Glories of Shri Haridasa Thakura”.
Verse 1.16.314
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.16.314:
গীতা-ভাগবত লৈ’ সর্ব-ভক্ত-গণ অন্যো’ন্যে বিচারে থাকেন সর্ব-ক্ষণ ॥ ৩১৪ ॥
गीता-भागवत लै’ सर्व-भक्त-गण अन्यो’न्ये विचारे थाकेन सर्व-क्षण ॥ ३१४ ॥
gītā-bhāgavata lai’ sarva-bhakta-gaṇa anyo’nye vicāre thākena sarva-kṣaṇa || 314 ||
gita-bhagavata lai’ sarva-bhakta-gana anyo’nye vicare thakena sarva-ksana (314)
English translation:
(314) Then devotees constantly discussed with each other the topics of Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad Bhāgavatam.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
At that time persons who were intoxicated by material enjoyment would not study Vaiṣṇava literatures like Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, rather they were constantly engaged in gratifying their senses. But the pure devotees always increased their ecstatic love by discussing Gītā and Bhāgavata among themselves. Not being intoxicated by artificial, worldly, material rasas like the prākṛta-sahajiyās, the devotees of the Lord discussed the conclusive statements of Vaiṣṇava literatures like Gītā and Bhāgavata. While conducting iṣṭa-goṣṭhīs in this way, they desired the highest eternal benefit for the entire world.