Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.1.151, 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 151 of Madhya-khanda chapter 1—“The Beginning of the Lord’s Manifestation and His Instructions on Krishna-sankirtana”.
Verse 2.1.151
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.1.151:
আগম-বেদান্ত-আদি যত দরশন সর্ব-শাস্ত্রে কহে ‘কৃষ্ণ-পদে ভক্তি-ধন’ ॥ ১৫১ ॥
आगम-वेदान्त-आदि यत दरशन सर्व-शास्त्रे कहे ‘कृष्ण-पदे भक्ति-धन’ ॥ १५१ ॥
āgama-vedānta-ādi yata daraśana sarva-śāstre kahe ‘kṛṣṇa-pade bhakti-dhana’ || 151 ||
agama-vedanta-adi yata darasana sarva-sastre kahe ‘krsna-pade bhakti-dhana’ (151)
English translation:
(151) “The philosophies in all scriptures headed by the āgamas and Vedānta describe the wealth of devotion to the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The āgamas, or Pañcarātras, which are expansions of the Vedas; the Upaniṣads, which are the head of the Vedas; and Vedānta, which is the essence of the Upaniṣads; as well as various philosophical scriptures all point out that service to the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa is the goal of life.