Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.52, 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 52 of Madhya-khanda chapter 2—“The Lord’s Manifestation at the House of Shrivasa and the Inauguration of Sankirtana”.
Verse 2.52
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.52:
কৃষ্ণেরে বেচিতে পারে ভক্ত ভক্তি-রসে তার সাক্ষী সত্যভামাদ্বারকা-নিবাসে ॥ ৫২ ॥
कृष्णेरे वेचिते पारे भक्त भक्ति-रसे तार साक्षी सत्यभामाद्वारका-निवासे ॥ ५२ ॥
kṛṣṇere vecite pāre bhakta bhakti-rase tāra sākṣī satyabhāmādvārakā-nivāse || 52 ||
krsnere vecite pare bhakta bhakti-rase tara saksi satyabhamadvaraka-nivase (52)
English translation:
(52) Devotees absorbed in devotional mellows can sell Kṛṣṇa. The evidence of this is Satyabhāmā of Dvārakā.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
In other words, through their loving service, the devotees of Kṛṣṇa are able to control and sell Kṛṣṇa.
An explanation of the second line of this verse is found in the Hari-vaṃśa (Viṣṇu-parva, Chapter Seventy-six) as follows: “Thereafter Satyabhāmā- devī, who is desirous of Kṛṣṇa, placed a garland on Kṛṣṇa’s neck and tied Him to a pārijāta tree. After taking Kṛṣṇa’s permission, she then sold Him to Nārada.”