Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.6.23, 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 23 of Madhya-khanda chapter 6—“The Lord’s Meeting with Advaita Acarya”.
Verse 2.6.23
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.6.23:
কি বুঝযে অদ্বৈতের চরিত্র গহন জানিযা ও নানা মত করযে কথন ॥ ২৩ ॥
कि बुझये अद्वैतेर चरित्र गहन जानिया ओ नाना मत करये कथन ॥ २३ ॥
ki bujhaye advaitera caritra gahana jāniyā o nānā mata karaye kathana || 23 ||
ki bujhaye advaitera caritra gahana janiya o nana mata karaye kathana (23)
English translation:
(23) Who can understand the grave characteristics of Advaita? Although He knows everything, He acts like an ordinary person.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The pastimes of Advaita are so confidential that even though He is the knower of everything, He acts like an ignorant person.