Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.3.32, 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 32 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 2.3.32:

হেন সদানন্দ তুমি যে কর যখনে বল দেখি বেদে তাহা জানিবে কেমনে ॥ ৩২ ॥

हेन सदानन्द तुमि ये कर यखने बल देखि वेदे ताहा जानिबे केमने ॥ ३२ ॥

hena sadānanda tumi ye kara yakhane bala dekhi vede tāhā jānibe kemane || 32 ||

hena sadananda tumi ye kara yakhane bala dekhi vede taha janibe kemane (32)

English translation:

(32) “You are always full of bliss in whatever You do, so how can the

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Vedas know Your activities?

“O eternally blissful Viśvambhara, how will the limited Vedas know the topics of Your variegated pastimes that You manifest at various times? The Vedas are one means of vision for living entities endowed with material knowledge and conditioned by the three modes of material nature, yet they are unable to describe the transcendental topics of Vaikuṇṭha. Vedic literatures do not impart the Supreme Absolute Truth, which is easily achieved by devotees, to persons who are expert in karma- kāṇḍa and jñāna-kāṇḍa and engaged in materialistic pursuits.”

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