Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.3.43, 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 43 of Madhya-khanda chapter 3—“The Lord Manifests His Varaha Form in the House of Murari and Meets with Nityananda”.
Verse 2.3.43
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.3.43:
সঙ্কীর্তন-আরম্ভে মোহার অবতার ভক্ত-জন লাগি’ দুষ্ট করিমু সংহার ॥ ৪৩ ॥
सङ्कीर्तन-आरम्भे मोहार अवतार भक्त-जन लागि’ दुष्ट करिमु संहार ॥ ४३ ॥
saṅkīrtana-ārambhe mohāra avatāra bhakta-jana lāgi’ duṣṭa karimu saṃhāra || 43 ||
sankirtana-arambhe mohara avatara bhakta-jana lagi’ dusta karimu samhara (43)
English translation:
(43) “I have incarnated to inaugurate the saṅkīrtana movement. I will destroy the miscreants for the sake of My devotees.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
“Before the inauguration of saṅkīrtana, I bewildered the entire world as an ordinary dwarf who was forced to accept the fruits of his karma. But to propagate the saṅkīrtana movement, I have descended to this world from Vaikuṇṭha—I have already made this known to everyone. The reason for My appearance here is that envious demons constantly place various obstacles in the spiritual progress of My devotees. To protect the
devotees from such impediments, I will destroy those envious elements.”