Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.283, 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 283 of Madhya-khanda chapter 2—“The Lord’s Manifestation at the House of Shrivasa and the Inauguration of Sankirtana”.
Verse 2.283
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.283:
তোমার মাযায কার্ নাহি হয ভঙ্গ? কমলা না জানে—যাঙ্র সনে এক-সঙ্গ ॥ ২৮৩ ॥
तोमार मायाय कार् नाहि हय भङ्ग? कमला ना जाने—याङ्र सने एक-सङ्ग ॥ २८३ ॥
tomāra māyāya kār nāhi haya bhaṅga? kamalā nā jāne—yāṅra sane eka-saṅga || 283 ||
tomara mayaya kar nahi haya bhanga? kamala na jane—yanra sane eka-sanga (283)
English translation:
(283) “Who is not bewildered by Your illusory energy? Even though goddess Lakṣmī lives with You, she does not know Your glories.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word māyāya (for the living entities belonging to the marginal potency) means “by the external material energy” and (for the Lord’s eternally perfect associates belonging to the internal potency) means “by the internal spiritual potency, yogamāyā.”
The word bhaṅga means “defeat” or “loss.” The word eka-saṅga means “living together.”