Chaitanya Bhagavata

by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.279, 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 279 of Madhya-khanda chapter 2—“The Lord’s Manifestation at the House of Shrivasa and the Inauguration of Sankirtana”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.279-282:

“তুমি বিষ্ণু, তুমি কৃষ্ণ, তুমি যজ্ঞেশ্বর তোমার চরণোদক—গঙ্গা তীর্থ-বর জানকী-জীবন তুমি, তুমি নরসিংহ অজ-ভব-আদি—তব চরণের ভৃঙ্গ তুমি সে বেদান্ত-বেদ্য, তুমি নারাযণ তুমি সে ছলিলা বলি হৈযা বামন তুমি হযগ্রীব, তুমি জগত্-জীবন তুমি নীলাচল-চন্দ্র—সবার কারণ ॥ ২৭৯-২৮২ ॥

“तुमि विष्णु, तुमि कृष्ण, तुमि यज्ञेश्वर तोमार चरणोदक—गङ्गा तीर्थ-वर जानकी-जीवन तुमि, तुमि नरसिंह अज-भव-आदि—तव चरणेर भृङ्ग तुमि से वेदान्त-वेद्य, तुमि नारायण तुमि से छलिला बलि हैया वामन तुमि हयग्रीव, तुमि जगत्-जीवन तुमि नीलाचल-चन्द्र—सबार कारण ॥ २७९-२८२ ॥

“tumi viṣṇu, tumi kṛṣṇa, tumi yajñeśvara tomāra caraṇodaka—gaṅgā tīrtha-vara jānakī-jīvana tumi, tumi narasiṃha aja-bhava-ādi—tava caraṇera bhṛṅga tumi se vedānta-vedya, tumi nārāyaṇa tumi se chalilā bali haiyā vāmana tumi hayagrīva, tumi jagat-jīvana tumi nīlācala-candra—sabāra kāraṇa || 279-282 ||

“tumi visnu, tumi krsna, tumi yajnesvara tomara caranodaka—ganga tirtha-vara janaki-jivana tumi, tumi narasimha aja-bhava-adi—tava caranera bhrnga tumi se vedanta-vedya, tumi narayana tumi se chalila bali haiya vamana tumi hayagriva, tumi jagat-jivana tumi nilacala-candra—sabara karana (279-282)

English translation:

(279-282) “You are Viṣṇu, You are Kṛṣṇa, You are the Lord of sacrifice. The holy waters of the Ganges emanate from Your lotus feet. You are the life and soul of Jānakī, and You are Nṛsiṃhadeva. Lord Brahmā,

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Lord Śiva, and others are all servants of Your lotus feet. You are the knower of Vedānta, and You are Nārāyaṇa. It was You who deceived Bali as Vāmana. You are Hayagrīva, and You are the life and soul of the entire universe. You are the moonlike Lord of Nīlācala and the cause of all causes.

See Ādi-khaṇḍa, Chapter Two, verses 169-176.

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