Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.1.340, 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 340 of Madhya-khanda chapter 1—“The Beginning of the Lord’s Manifestation and His Instructions on Krishna-sankirtana”.
Verse 2.1.340
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.1.340:
যাঙ্হার চরণ সেবি’ শিব—দিগম্বর যে-চরণ সেবিবারে লক্ষ্মীর আদর ॥ ৩৪০ ॥
याङ्हार चरण सेवि’ शिव—दिगम्बर ये-चरण सेविबारे लक्ष्मीर आदर ॥ ३४० ॥
yāṅhāra caraṇa sevi’ śiva—digambara ye-caraṇa sevibāre lakṣmīra ādara || 340 ||
yanhara carana sevi’ siva—digambara ye-carana sevibare laksmira adara (340)
English translation:
(340) “While serving His lotus feet, Śiva goes about naked. The service of those lotus feet is desired by Lakṣmī.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
In the Brahma-vaivarta Purāṇa it is stated:
yat pādodakam ādhāya śivaḥśirasi nṛtyati yan nābhi-nalinād āsīd brahmā loka-pitāmahaḥ
yad-icchā-śakti-vikṣobhād brahmāṇḍodbhava-saṅkṣayau tam ārādhaya govindaṃ sthānam agryaṃ yad īcchati
“If one desires the topmost abode, he should worship the lotus feet of Śrī Govinda; for Śiva dances in ecstasy after accepting on his head water that has washed His lotus feet; Brahmā, the grandfather of mankind, is born from His lotus navel; and the creation and destruction of the universe take place simply as a result of being agitated by the power of His desire.”