Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.8.91, 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 91 of Madhya-khanda chapter 8—“The Manifestation of Opulences”.
Verse 2.8.91
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.8.91:
কোন-দিন প্রহ্লাদ-ভাবেতে স্তুতি করে এই-মত প্রভু ভক্তি-সাগরে বিহরে ॥ ৯১ ॥
कोन-दिन प्रह्लाद-भावेते स्तुति करे एइ-मत प्रभु भक्ति-सागरे विहरे ॥ ९१ ॥
kona-dina prahlāda-bhāvete stuti kare ei-mata prabhu bhakti-sāgare vihare || 91 ||
kona-dina prahlada-bhavete stuti kare ei-mata prabhu bhakti-sagare vihare (91)
English translation:
(91) Sometimes the Lord offered prayers in the mood of Prahlāda. In this way the Lord constantly floated in the ocean of devotional service.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Sometimes He acted as a preacher of devotional service like Prahlāda and offered prayers. The Lord taught the mood of a sheltered, or surrendered, soul in order to exhibit the pastime of floating in various ways within the ocean of devotional service. By doing so, He demonstrated that the sheltered separated parts can never become the supreme shelter.