Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.17.55, 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 55 of Adi-khanda chapter 17—“The Lord’s Travel to Gaya”.
Verse 1.17.55
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.17.55:
‘কৃষ্ণ-পাদ-পদ্মের অমৃত-রস পান আমারে করাও তুমি’—এই চাহি দান” ॥ ৫৫ ॥
‘कृष्ण-पाद-पद्मेर अमृत-रस पान आमारे कराओ तुमि’—एइ चाहि दान” ॥ ५५ ॥
‘kṛṣṇa-pāda-padmera amṛta-rasa pāna āmāre karāo tumi’—ei cāhi dāna” || 55 ||
‘krsna-pada-padmera amrta-rasa pana amare karao tumi’—ei cahi dana” (55)
English translation:
(55) “I beg that you make Me drink the nectar of Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet.”
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Persons in whose hearts the eternally beneficial realization, sajātīyāśaye snigdhe sādhau saṅgaḥ svato vare—“One should associate with the devotees who are more advanced than oneself and endowed with a similar type of affection for the Lord,” is prominent can alone fully surrender, or take shelter of the lotus feet of the spiritual master. Considering that the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord are the only object of service and to set example for practitioners who desire love of God, the Lord, who is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, exhibited the pastime of accepting Śrī Īśvara Purīpāda, the recipient of Mādhavendra Purīpāda’s mercy, as His spiritual master and thus bestowed mercy on him. There was no contradiction in the begging at the lotus feet of the spiritual master for the alms of drinking the nectar of Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet by the Lord, who acted as the disciple, and the awarding of those alms by the donor Īśvara Purīpāda, who acted as the guru.
na dhanaṃ na janaṃ na sundarīṃ kavitāṃ vā jagad-īśa kāmaye mama janmani janmanīśvare bhavatād bhaktir ahaitukī tvayi
“O Almighty Lord, I have no desire to accumulate wealth, nor to enjoy beautiful women. Nor do I want any number of followers. What I want only is the causeless mercy of Your devotional service in my life, birth after birth.” The purport of this verse offered by the Lord in prayer at the lotus feet of Śrī Gadādhara manifested and constantly remained in the heart of Śrī Īśvara Purīpāda on the strength of Śrī Mādhavendra Purī’s full nonduplicitous mercy.