Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.6.121, 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 121 of Madhya-khanda chapter 6—“The Lord’s Meeting with Advaita Acarya”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.6.121:

তুমি রক্ষ-কুল-হন্তা জানকী-জীবন তুমি গুহ-বর-দাতা, অহল্যা-মোচন ॥ ১২১ ॥

तुमि रक्ष-कुल-हन्ता जानकी-जीवन तुमि गुह-वर-दाता, अहल्या-मोचन ॥ १२१ ॥

tumi rakṣa-kula-hantā jānakī-jīvana tumi guha-vara-dātā, ahalyā-mocana || 121 ||

tumi raksa-kula-hanta janaki-jivana tumi guha-vara-data, ahalya-mocana (121)

English translation:

(121) You are the destroyer of the demoniac dynasties. You are the life of Sītā, the bestower of boons to Guha, and the deliverer of Ahalyā.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The phrase rakṣa-kula-hantā is explained as follows: In His incarnation as Rāma, Lord Gaurasundara enacted the pastime of killing the dynasty of the Rākṣasas led by Rāvaṇa. The phrase guha-vara-dātā indicates that He awarded a benediction to Guhaka, who was born in a family of caṇḍālas.

The phrase ahalyā-mocana indicates He who liberated Ahalyā.

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