Chaitanya Bhagavata

by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.1.171, 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 171 of Madhya-khanda chapter 1—“The Beginning of the Lord’s Manifestation and His Instructions on Krishna-sankirtana”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.1.171:

সহজেই শব্দ-মাত্রে ‘কৃষ্ণ সত্য’ কহে ঈশ্বর যে বাখানিবে,—কিছু চিত্র নহে ॥ ১৭১ ॥

सहजेइ शब्द-मात्रे ‘कृष्ण सत्य’ कहे ईश्वर ये वाखानिबे,—किछु चित्र नहे ॥ १७१ ॥

sahajei śabda-mātre ‘kṛṣṇa satya’ kahe īśvara ye vākhānibe,—kichu citra nahe || 171 ||

sahajei sabda-matre ‘krsna satya’ kahe isvara ye vakhanibe,—kichu citra nahe (171)

English translation:

(171) Every word inherently establishes Kṛṣṇa as the Supreme Truth, so there is no wonder that the Lord should explain in this way.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Any word manifested from the pure spiritual sky and received by the eternally pure sense of hearing smeared with the ointment of love is certainly nondifferent from the eternal primeval Absolute Truth, Kṛṣṇa. Therefore it is not very wonderful or astonishing that the Supreme Lord Śrī Viśvambhara, who is devoid of the four defects of mistakes, illusion, cheating, and imperfection that are found in living entities, will explain the meaning of every word through the eternal, pure, complete, eternally liberated, spiritual, and most important vidvad-rūḍhi.

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