Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.1.405, 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 405 of Madhya-khanda chapter 1—“The Beginning of the Lord’s Manifestation and His Instructions on Krishna-sankirtana”.
Verse 2.1.405
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.1.405:
“পডিলাঙ শুনিলাঙ যত-দিন ধরি’ কৃষ্ণের কীর্তন কর’ পরিপূর্ণ করি’” ॥ ৪০৫ ॥
“पडिलाङ शुनिलाङ यत-दिन धरि’ कृष्णेर कीर्तन कर’ परिपूर्ण करि’” ॥ ४०५ ॥
“paḍilāṅa śunilāṅa yata-dina dhari’ kṛṣṇera kīrtana kara’ paripūrṇa kari’” || 405 ||
“padilana sunilana yata-dina dhari’ krsnera kirtana kara’ paripurna kari’” (405)
English translation:
(405) “You have studied and listened for many days; now let us chant the names of Kṛṣṇa together to make everything complete.”
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The Lord said, “As a result of studying and hearing linguistic literatures for so long, I have understood that chanting the names of Kṛṣṇa is the only essence and fruit of such studying and teaching. It is the only purport of the Vedas. Therefore, O students, you should constantly engage in śrī-kṛṣṇa-saṅkīrtana, which cleanses the heart of all the dust accumulated for years, which extinguishes the fire of the conditional life of repeated birth and death, which is the prime benediction for humanity at large because it spreads the rays of the benediction moon, and which is the life of all transcendental knowledge.”