Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.43, 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 43 of Madhya-khanda chapter 2—“The Lord’s Manifestation at the House of Shrivasa and the Inauguration of Sankirtana”.
Verse 2.43
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.43:
তোমা সবা সেবিলে সে কৃষ্ণ-ভক্তি পাই” এত বলি’ কারো পাযে ধরে সেই ঠাঙি ॥ ৪৩ ॥
तोमा सबा सेविले से कृष्ण-भक्ति पाइ” एत बलि’ कारो पाये धरे सेइ ठाङि ॥ ४३ ॥
tomā sabā sevile se kṛṣṇa-bhakti pāi” eta bali’ kāro pāye dhare sei ṭhāṅi || 43 ||
toma saba sevile se krsna-bhakti pai” eta bali’ karo paye dhare sei thani (43)
English translation:
(43) “I can have devotion to Kṛṣṇa only by serving you.” Saying this, the Lord caught hold of their feet.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
[For an explanation of the first line of this verse see the purport to verse 41.]