Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.17.61, 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 61 of Adi-khanda chapter 17—“The Lord’s Travel to Gaya”.
Verse 1.17.61
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.17.61:
সত্য এই কহি,—ইথে অন্য কিছু নাই কৃষ্ণ-দরশন-সুখ তোমা’ দেখি পাই” ॥ ৬১ ॥
सत्य एइ कहि,—इथे अन्य किछु नाइ कृष्ण-दरशन-सुख तोमा’ देखि पाइ” ॥ ६१ ॥
satya ei kahi,—ithe anya kichu nāi kṛṣṇa-daraśana-sukha tomā’ dekhi pāi” || 61 ||
satya ei kahi,—ithe anya kichu nai krsna-darasana-sukha toma’ dekhi pai” (61)
English translation:
(61) “I’m speaking the truth, nothing else. When I see You, I feel the
happiness of seeing Kṛṣṇa.”
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
“Since I saw You in Navadvīpa, no other subject matter has occupied my heart. This is indeed the truth. There is no doubt about it. As soon as I see You with my eyes smeared with the ointment of love, I experience the same indescribable happiness as when I see Kṛṣṇa.”