Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.7.29, 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 29 of Madhya-khanda chapter 7—“The Meeting of Gadadhara and Pundarika”.
Verse 2.7.29
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.7.29:
তবে সে করেন পূজা-আদি-নিত্য-কর্ম ইহা সর্ব-পণ্ডিতেরে বুঝাযেন ধর্ম ॥ ২৯ ॥
तबे से करेन पूजा-आदि-नित्य-कर्म इहा सर्व-पण्डितेरे बुझायेन धर्म ॥ २९ ॥
tabe se karena pūjā-ādi-nitya-karma ihā sarva-paṇḍitere bujhāyena dharma || 29 ||
tabe se karena puja-adi-nitya-karma iha sarva-panditere bujhayena dharma (29)
English translation:
(29) “Then he worships the Lord and executes his other regular duties. In this way he teaches religious principles to all learned scholars.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Ordinary proud learned scholars take bath in the Ganges in order to cleanse their own sinful reactions. But Puṇḍarīka drank Ganges water before beginning his worship to reveal the glories of the Ganges. This proper conduct for the worship of the Lord was followed by many persons.