Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.1.410, 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 410 of Madhya-khanda chapter 1—“The Beginning of the Lord’s Manifestation and His Instructions on Krishna-sankirtana”.
Verse 2.1.410
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.1.410:
আবিষ্ট হৈযা প্রভু নিজ-নাম-রসে গডাগডি যায প্রভু ধুলায আবেশে ॥ ৪১০ ॥
आविष्ट हैया प्रभु निज-नाम-रसे गडागडि याय प्रभु धुलाय आवेशे ॥ ४१० ॥
āviṣṭa haiyā prabhu nija-nāma-rase gaḍāgaḍi yāya prabhu dhulāya āveśe || 410 ||
avista haiya prabhu nija-nama-rase gadagadi yaya prabhu dhulaya avese (410)
English translation:
(410) Absorbed in the sweet taste of His own name, the Lord rolled in the dust under its overpowering influence.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The phrase nija-nāma-rase in this verse indicates that He who is engaged in kīrtana is the object of the kīrtana. The holy names of the Lord and the Lord Himself are nondifferent, and Gaura and Kṛṣṇa are nondifferent.
Therefore when Mahāprabhu sings His own glories, the mādhurya-rasa of Kṛṣṇa, the Lord of Goloka, and the aiśvarya-rasa of Nārāyaṇa, the Lord of Vaikuṇṭha, are manifested. Mahāprabhu displayed the pastime of
becoming absorbed in Kṛṣṇa by relishing these transcendental mellows of the holy names and by giving up absorption in māyā, which is subordinate to Kṛṣṇa.