Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.3.4, 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 4 of Madhya-khanda chapter 3—“The Lord Manifests His Varaha Form in the House of Murari and Meets with Nityananda”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.3.4:

প্রাণ-হেন সকল সেবক আপনার ‘কৃষ্ণ’ বলি’ কান্দে গলা ধরিযা সবার ॥ ৪ ॥

प्राण-हेन सकल सेवक आपनार ‘कृष्ण’ बलि’ कान्दे गला धरिया सबार ॥ ४ ॥

prāṇa-hena sakala sevaka āpanāra ‘kṛṣṇa’ bali’ kānde galā dhariyā sabāra || 4 ||

prana-hena sakala sevaka apanara ‘krsna’ bali’ kande gala dhariya sabara (4)

English translation:

(4) All the Lord’s servants were like His very life. He cried while holding their necks and chanting the name of Kṛṣṇa.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Gaurasundara, the Supreme Lord and life of all living entities, considered His devotees as most intimately related with Him and would hold their necks and cry due to feelings of separation from Kṛṣṇa.

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