Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.1.381, 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 381 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 2.1.381:

শিষ্য-গণ বলেন করিযা নমস্কার “আমরা ও করিলাঙ সঙ্কল্প তোমার ॥ ৩৮১ ॥

शिष्य-गण बलेन करिया नमस्कार “आमरा ओ करिलाङ सङ्कल्प तोमार ॥ ३८१ ॥

śiṣya-gaṇa balena kariyā namaskāra “āmarā o karilāṅa saṅkalpa tomāra || 381 ||

sisya-gana balena kariya namaskara “amara o karilana sankalpa tomara (381)

English translation:

(381) The Lord’s students offered obeisances and said, “We also make the same resolution as You.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The second line of this verse means “following Your footsteps, we are also retiring from studies.”

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