Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.137, 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 137 of Madhya-khanda chapter 2—“The Lord’s Manifestation at the House of Shrivasa and the Inauguration of Sankirtana”.
Verse 2.137
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.137:
নমো ব্রহ্মণ্য-দেবায গো-ব্রাহ্মণ-হিতায চ জগদ্-ধিতায কৃষ্ণায গোবিন্দায নমো নমঃ ॥ ১৩৭ ॥
नमो ब्रह्मण्य-देवाय गो-ब्राह्मण-हिताय च जगद्-धिताय कृष्णाय गोविन्दाय नमो नमः ॥ १३७ ॥
namo brahmaṇya-devāya go-brāhmaṇa-hitāya ca jagad-dhitāya kṛṣṇāya govindāya namo namaḥ || 137 ||
namo brahmanya-devaya go-brahmana-hitaya ca jagad-dhitaya krsnaya govindaya namo namah (137)
English translation:
(137) (In the Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Prahlāda Mahārāja prayed:) “Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto Lord Kṛṣṇa, who is the worshipable Deity for all brahminical men, who is the well-wisher of cows and brāhmaṇas, and who is always benefiting the whole world. I offer my repeated obeisances to the Personality of Godhead, known as Kṛṣṇa and Govinda.”
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The phrase brahmaṇya-devāya means “He who is worshiped by learned
brāhmaṇas.” (Śrīdhara Svāmīs Ātma-prakāśa commentary)
If one wants to know the elaborate meanings of go, kṛṣṇa, and govinda, he should discuss Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmīs commentary on the first verse of Brahma-saṃhitā.