Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.5.108, 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 108 of Madhya-khanda chapter 5—“Lord Nityananda’s Vyasa-puja Ceremony and His Darshana of the Lord’s Six-armed Form”.
Verse 2.5.108
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.5.108:
নিত্যানন্দ-স্বরূপের স্বভাব সর্বথা তিলার্ধেক দাস্য-ভাব না হয অন্যথ ॥ ১০৮ ॥
नित्यानन्द-स्वरूपेर स्वभाव सर्वथा तिलार्धेक दास्य-भाव ना हय अन्यथ ॥ १०८ ॥
nityānanda-svarūpera svabhāva sarvathā tilārdheka dāsya-bhāva nā haya anyatha || 108 ||
nityananda-svarupera svabhava sarvatha tilardheka dasya-bhava na haya anyatha (108)
English translation:
(108) The natural characteristic of Nityānanda Svarūpa is that He cannot give up the mood of servitorship for even a moment.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
In His pastimes as a spontaneous servant, Śrī Nityānanda Svarūpa is never devoid of the mentality of service to the Lord for even a fraction of a second. He constantly serves Gaurasundara in all respects and does not endeavor for anything else. This is confirmed in Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Ādi 5.120) as follows: īśvarera sevā vinā nāhi jāne āra—“He knows nothing but service to Lord Kṛṣṇa.”