Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.7.72, 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 72 of Madhya-khanda chapter 7—“The Meeting of Gadadhara and Pundarika”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.7.72:

কৃষ্ণের প্রসাদে গদাধর-অগোচর কিছু নাহি অবেদ্য, কৃষ্ণ সে মাযাধর ॥ ৭২ ॥

कृष्णेर प्रसादे गदाधर-अगोचर किछु नाहि अवेद्य, कृष्ण से मायाधर ॥ ७२ ॥

kṛṣṇera prasāde gadādhara-agocara kichu nāhi avedya, kṛṣṇa se māyādhara || 72 ||

krsnera prasade gadadhara-agocara kichu nahi avedya, krsna se mayadhara (72)

English translation:

(72) By the mercy of Kṛṣṇa, nothing is unseen or unknown to Gadādhara, for Kṛṣṇa is the Lord of māyā.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Kṛṣṇa is the controller of māyā. He is capable of checking the ordinary living entities’ intelligence by His manifestation of māyā. That Kṛṣṇa is always pleased with Gadādhara. Therefore, by the mercy of the Lord, nothing remained unknown to Gadādhara.

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