Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.8.194, 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 194 of Madhya-khanda chapter 8—“The Manifestation of Opulences”.
Verse 2.8.194-195
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.8.194-195:
যা’র নামে বাল্মীকি হৈলা তপোধন যা’র নামে অজামিল পাইল মোচন যা’র নাম-শ্রবণে সংসার-বন্ধ ঘুচে হেন প্রভু অবতরি’ কলি-যুগে নাচে ॥ ১৯৪-১৯৫ ॥
या’र नामे वाल्मीकि हैला तपोधन या’र नामे अजामिल पाइल मोचन या’र नाम-श्रवणे संसार-बन्ध घुचे हेन प्रभु अवतरि’ कलि-युगे नाचे ॥ १९४-१९५ ॥
yā’ra nāme vālmīki hailā tapodhana yā’ra nāme ajāmila pāila mocana yā’ra nāma-śravaṇe saṃsāra-bandha ghuce hena prabhu avatari’ kali-yuge nāce || 194-195 ||
ya’ra name valmiki haila tapodhana ya’ra name ajamila paila mocana ya’ra nama-sravane samsara-bandha ghuce hena prabhu avatari’ kali-yuge nace (194-195)
English translation:
(194-195) That Lord, whose holy names induced Vālmīki to become enriched by austerities, whose holy names awarded Ajāmila with liberation, and whose holy names when heard destroy one’s material bondage—that Lord, who has incarnated in Kali-yuga, now engaged in dancing.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
One should discuss the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.1.16, 1.2.17-21, 2.2.37,
2.8.5, 3.9.5, 3.13.4, 4.29.40, 6.16.44, 10.1.4, 10.14.3, 11.6.9, 11.6.44, and
12.3.15.