Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.157, 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 157 of Madhya-khanda chapter 2—“The Lord’s Manifestation at the House of Shrivasa and the Inauguration of Sankirtana”.
Verse 2.157-158
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.157-158:
অদ্বৈতের চিত্ত বুঝিবার শক্তি কার? যাঙ্র শক্তি-কারণে চৈতন্য-অবতার এ-সব কথায যার নাহিক প্রতীত সদ্য অধঃ-পাত তার জানিহ নিশ্চিত ॥ ১৫৭-১৫৮ ॥
अद्वैतेर चित्त बुझिबार शक्ति कार? याङ्र शक्ति-कारणे चैतन्य-अवतार ए-सब कथाय यार नाहिक प्रतीत सद्य अधः-पात तार जानिह निश्चित ॥ १५७-१५८ ॥
advaitera citta bujhibāra śakti kāra? yāṅra śakti-kāraṇe caitanya-avatāra e-saba kathāya yāra nāhika pratīta sadya adhaḥ-pāta tāra jāniha niścita || 157-158 ||
advaitera citta bujhibara sakti kara? yanra sakti-karane caitanya-avatara e-saba kathaya yara nahika pratita sadya adhah-pata tara janiha niscita (157-158)
English translation:
(157-158) Who has the ability to understand the heart of Advaita, by whose influence Lord Caitanya incarnated? Know for certain that one who does not have faith in these topics will soon fall down.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
To ascertain the truth regarding Advaita Prabhu is an extremely difficult matter for ordinary so-called learned persons. Śrīla Advaita Prabhu is a plenary portion of Mahā-Viṣṇu, who lies on the Causal Ocean. He brought Śrīman Mahāprabhu, His supreme worshipable Lord, to this world and made Him visible to and easily attainable for everyone. Only Śrī Advaita Prabhu is capable of bringing to this world Vrajendra- nandana, the Supreme Lord and cause of all causes. Simply by the mercy of Śrī Advaita Ācārya, who is nondifferent from Śrī Hari, living entities averse to Lord Hari have received the opportunity to know Śrī Caitanyadeva, the most magnanimous distributor of kṛṣṇa-prema. The causeless mercy of Śrī Advaita Ācārya towards living entities averse to Gaura and Kṛṣṇa is the means to mitigate the material miseries they have been suffering since time immemorial. If an unfortunate soul becomes faithless as a result of being unable to enter into the truths of these most exalted topics, then he immediately becomes degraded, in other words, he is deprived of his piety.