Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.1.27, 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 27 of Madhya-khanda chapter 1—“The Beginning of the Lord’s Manifestation and His Instructions on Krishna-sankirtana”.
Verse 2.1.27-28
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.1.27-28:
যাঙ্র পাদোদক লাগি’ গঙ্গার মহত্ত্ব শিরে ধরি’ শিব জানে পাদোদক-তত্ত্ব সে চরণ-উদক-প্রভাবে সেই স্থান জগতে হৈল ‘পাদোদক-তীর্থ’ নাম” ॥ ২৭-২৮ ॥
याङ्र पादोदक लागि’ गङ्गार महत्त्व शिरे धरि’ शिव जाने पादोदक-तत्त्व से चरण-उदक-प्रभावे सेइ स्थान जगते हैल ‘पादोदक-तीर्थ’ नाम” ॥ २७-२८ ॥
yāṅra pādodaka lāgi’ gaṅgāra mahattva śire dhari’ śiva jāne pādodaka-tattva se caraṇa-udaka-prabhāve sei sthāna jagate haila ‘pādodaka-tīrtha’ nāma” || 27-28 ||
yanra padodaka lagi’ gangara mahattva sire dhari’ siva jane padodaka-tattva se carana-udaka-prabhave sei sthana jagate haila ‘padodaka-tirtha’ nama” (27-28)
English translation:
(27-28) “The Ganges became glorious as a result of being touched by the lotus feet of the Lord, and Lord Śiva realized the glories of that water by holding it on his head. By the influence of the water that washed the Lord’s lotus feet that place has become famous by the name Pādodaka-tīrtha.”
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
In the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (1.18.21) it is stated:
athāpi yat-pāda-nakhāvasṛṣṭaṃ jagad viriñcopahṛtārhaṇāmbhaḥ seśaṃ punāty anyatamo mukundāt ko nāma loke bhagavat-padārthaḥ
“Who can be worthy of the name of the Supreme Lord but the Personality of Godhead Śrī Kṛṣṇa? Brahmājī collected the water emanating from the nails of His feet in order to award it to Lord Śiva as a worshipful welcome. This very water [the Ganges] is purifying the whole universe, including Lord Śiva.”
In the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (3.28.22) it is stated:
yac-chauca-niḥsṛta-sarit-pravarodakena tīrthena mūrdhny adhikṛtena śivaḥ śivo ‘bhūt dhyātur manaḥ-śamala-śaila-nisṛṣṭa-vajraṃ dhyāyec ciraṃ bhagavataś caraṇāravindam
“The blessed Lord Śiva becomes all the more blessed by bearing on his head the holy waters of the Ganges, which has its source in the water that washed the Lord’s lotus feet. The Lord’s feet act like thunderbolts hurled to shatter the mountain of sin stored in the mind of the meditating devotee. One should therefore meditate on the lotus feet of the Lord for a long time.”