Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.1.354, 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 354 of Madhya-khanda chapter 1—“The Beginning of the Lord’s Manifestation and His Instructions on Krishna-sankirtana”.
Verse 2.1.354
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.1.354:
ভক্তির শ্রবণে যে তোমার আসি’ হযে তাহাতে তোমারে কভু নর-জ্ঞান নহে” ॥ ৩৫৪ ॥
भक्तिर श्रवणे ये तोमार आसि’ हये ताहाते तोमारे कभु नर-ज्ञान नहे” ॥ ३५४ ॥
bhaktira śravaṇe ye tomāra āsi’ haye tāhāte tomāre kabhu nara-jñāna nahe” || 354 ||
bhaktira sravane ye tomara asi’ haye tahate tomare kabhu nara-jnana nahe” (354)
English translation:
(354) “By the transformations You undergo while hearing about devotional service, one can never consider You an ordinary human being.”
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The first line of the verse is explained as follows: “As a result of hearing the previously quoted verses indicating the glories of devotional service to Kṛṣṇa, You manifested various extraordinary transcendental transformations of ecstatic love.”
The phrase nara-jñāna nahe means “one cannot consider You a product of matter.”