Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.8.75, 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 75 of Madhya-khanda chapter 8—“The Manifestation of Opulences”.
Verse 2.8.75
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.8.75:
এই-মত অনেক কৌতুক প্রতিদিনে মর্মী-ভৃত্য বৈ ইহা কেহ নাহি জানে ॥ ৭৫ ॥
एइ-मत अनेक कौतुक प्रतिदिने मर्मी-भृत्य बै इहा केह नाहि जाने ॥ ७५ ॥
ei-mata aneka kautuka pratidine marmī-bhṛtya bai ihā keha nāhi jāne || 75 ||
ei-mata aneka kautuka pratidine marmi-bhrtya bai iha keha nahi jane (75)
English translation:
(75) In this way many sweet pastimes took place every day. No one except the confidential servants of the Lord know about them.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The phrase marmī-bhṛtya is explained as follows: Being averse to the service of the Lord, foolish materialists wander throughout the world
trying to enjoy. They are incapable of entering into the external world and unfolding the mysterious truths. Only the Lord’s confidential servants, who are not bewildered by the external phantasmagoria, are actually capable of realizing the inner truths.