Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.1.22, 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 22 of Madhya-khanda chapter 1—“The Beginning of the Lord’s Manifestation and His Instructions on Krishna-sankirtana”.
Verse 2.1.22
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.1.22:
বিষ্ণু-ভক্ত গুটি-দুই-চারি-জন লৈযারহঃ-কথা কহিবারে বসিলেন গিযা ॥ ২২ ॥
विष्णु-भक्त गुटि-दुइ-चारि-जन लैयारहः-कथा कहिबारे वसिलेन गिया ॥ २२ ॥
viṣṇu-bhakta guṭi-dui-cāri-jana laiyārahaḥ-kathā kahibāre vasilena giyā || 22 ||
visnu-bhakta guti-dui-cari-jana laiyarahah-katha kahibare vasilena giya (22)
English translation:
(22) The Lord then took a few devotees to a solitary place to discuss some confidential topics.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word guṭi means “a small number.” There are two kinds of people in this world—the majority become indifferent to the service of Viṣṇu while trying to enjoy sense gratification in the guise of masters of the material energy and the minority engage in the service of the Supreme Lord. The latter are called Vaiṣṇavas, or devotees of Viṣṇu. Śrī Gaurasundara began to discuss the topics of Hari in a solitary place with a few of such Vaiṣṇavas.