Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.1.253, 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 253 of Madhya-khanda chapter 1—“The Beginning of the Lord’s Manifestation and His Instructions on Krishna-sankirtana”.
Verse 2.1.253
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.1.253:
শিষ্য বলে,—“বর্ণ সিদ্ধ হৈল কেমনে?” প্রভু বলে,—“কৃষ্ণ-দৃষ্টি-পাতের কারণে” ॥ ২৫৩ ॥
शिष्य बले,—“वर्ण सिद्ध हैल केमने?” प्रभु बले,—“कृष्ण-दृष्टि-पातेर कारणे” ॥ २५३ ॥
śiṣya bale,—“varṇa siddha haila kemane?” prabhu bale,—“kṛṣṇa-dṛṣṭi-pātera kāraṇe” || 253 ||
sisya bale,—“varna siddha haila kemane?” prabhu bale,—“krsna-drsti-patera karane” (253)
English translation:
(253) The students asked, “How were the letters of the alphabet perfected?” The Lord replied, “By the merciful glance of Kṛṣṇa.”
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
In reply to the students’ question regarding the perfection of the letters of the alphabet, the Lord said that it was due to the glance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Kṛṣṇa; in other words, every letter is perfect because each one indicates the complete, perfectly pure, and eternally liberated holy names, which are nondifferent from Kṛṣṇa.