Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.1.143, 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 143 of Madhya-khanda chapter 1—“The Beginning of the Lord’s Manifestation and His Instructions on Krishna-sankirtana”.
Verse 2.1.143
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.1.143:
‘কৃষ্ণ’ বিনাঠাকুরের না আইসে বদনে পডুযা-সকল ইহা কিছুই না জানে ॥ ১৪৩ ॥
‘कृष्ण’ विनाठाकुरेर ना आइसे वदने पडुया-सकल इहा किछुइ ना जाने ॥ १४३ ॥
‘kṛṣṇa’ vināṭhākurera nā āise vadane paḍuyā-sakala ihā kichui nā jāne || 143 ||
‘krsna’ vinathakurera na aise vadane paduya-sakala iha kichui na jane (143)
English translation:
(143) The Lord did not explain anything other than Kṛṣṇa, so the students could not understand anything.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The Lord, who was engaged in the loving service of Kṛṣṇa in the mood of separation, did not explain any word apart from Kṛṣṇa, but His students could not at all understand the current condition of their teacher, Nimāi Paṇḍita.