Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.8.255, 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 255 of Madhya-khanda chapter 8—“The Manifestation of Opulences”.
Verse 2.8.255
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.8.255:
কেহ বলে,—“আত্ম বিনা সাক্ষাত্ করিযা ডাকিলে কি কার্য হয, না জানিল ইহা ॥ ২৫৫ ॥
केह बले,—“आत्म विना साक्षात् करिया डाकिले कि कार्य हय, ना जानिल इहा ॥ २५५ ॥
keha bale,—“ātma vinā sākṣāt kariyā ḍākile ki kārya haya, nā jānila ihā || 255 ||
keha bale,—“atma vina saksat kariya dakile ki karya haya, na janila iha (255)
English translation:
(255) Someone said, “They have not realized the self. They do not know what their loud calling will yield.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Someone said, “Without realizing one’s self, how will one benefit by simply calling out, “Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa”?