Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.7.147, 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 147 of Madhya-khanda chapter 7—“The Meeting of Gadadhara and Pundarika”.
Verse 2.7.147
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.7.147:
ক্ষণেকে যে হৈল প্রেম-ভক্তি-আবির্ভাব তাহা বর্ণিবার পাত্র—ব্যাস মহাভাগ ॥ ১৪৭ ॥
क्षणेके ये हैल प्रेम-भक्ति-आविर्भाव ताहा वर्णिबार पात्र—व्यास महाभाग ॥ १४७ ॥
kṣaṇeke ye haila prema-bhakti-āvirbhāva tāhā varṇibāra pātra—vyāsa mahābhāga || 147 ||
ksaneke ye haila prema-bhakti-avirbhava taha varnibara patra—vyasa mahabhaga (147)
English translation:
(147) Only the most fortunate Vyāsadeva is qualified to describe the love and devotion that manifest at that time.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Śrī Kṛṣṇa-dvaipāyana Vyāsa is expert in properly portraying the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa and the characteristics of the Vaiṣṇavas. That is why the author has admitted that his own literacy and expertise is completely incapable of describing the characteristics of the Lord and His devotees.
Only Śrī Vedavyāsa, who made the world glorious by presenting such descriptions, is capable of perfecting the imperfections of the author.