Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.58, 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 58 of Madhya-khanda chapter 2—“The Lord’s Manifestation at the House of Shrivasa and the Inauguration of Sankirtana”.
Verse 2.58
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.58:
দেখি’ বিশ্বম্ভরের বিনয ভক্ত-গণ অকৈতব আশীর্বাদ করে’ সর্ব-ক্ষণ ॥ ৫৮ ॥
देखि’ विश्वम्भरेर विनय भक्त-गण अकैतव आशीर्वाद करे’ सर्व-क्षण ॥ ५८ ॥
dekhi’ viśvambharera vinaya bhakta-gaṇa akaitava āśīrvāda kare’ sarva-kṣaṇa || 58 ||
dekhi’ visvambharera vinaya bhakta-gana akaitava asirvada kare’ sarva-ksana (58)
English translation:
(58) Seeing Viśvambhara’s humility, all the devotees continually offered Him their heart-felt blessings.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word akaitava is explained as follows: Desires for dharma, artha, kāma, and mokṣa rather than desire for the service of Kṛṣṇa is kaitava, or duplicitous. Therefore akaitava refers only to the desire for serving Kṛṣṇa, not the desire for these other goals.