Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.6.117, 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 117 of Madhya-khanda chapter 6—“The Lord’s Meeting with Advaita Acarya”.
Verse 2.6.117
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.6.117:
জয জয ‘হরে-কৃষ্ণ’-মন্ত্রের প্রকাশ জয জয নিজ-ভক্তি-গ্রহণ-বিলাস ॥ ১১৭ ॥
जय जय ‘हरे-कृष्ण’-मन्त्रेर प्रकाश जय जय निज-भक्ति-ग्रहण-विलास ॥ ११७ ॥
jaya jaya ‘hare-kṛṣṇa’-mantrera prakāśa jaya jaya nija-bhakti-grahaṇa-vilāsa || 117 ||
jaya jaya ‘hare-krsna’-mantrera prakasa jaya jaya nija-bhakti-grahana-vilasa (117)
English translation:
(117) All glories to He who introduces the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra! All glories to He who enjoys the pastimes of accepting His own devotional service!
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The mahā-mantra is Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare. Let Śrī Gaurasundara, who introduces the chanting of this mahā-mantra be repeatedly glorified. By this, it is indicated that those who place obstacles in the path of chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra introduced by Śrī Gaurasundara are opposed to Gaurāṅga.
Śrī Gaurasundara is directly Lord Kṛṣṇa. Although He is Śrī Kṛṣṇa, He enacts the pastimes of personally accepting and executing the process of devotional service to teach living entities the process of worshiping Him, or He enacts His pastimes in the form of a devotee to induce living entities to accept His devotional service.