Chaitanya Bhagavata

by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.9.17, 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 17 of Madhya-khanda chapter 9—“The Lord’s Twenty-One Hour Ecstasy and Descriptions of Shridhara and Other Devotees’ Characteristics”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.9.17-019:

সকল ভক্তের ভাগ্যে এ দিন নাচিতে উঠিযা বসিলা প্রভু বিষ্ণুর খট্টাতে আর সব দিনে প্রভু ভাব প্রকাশিযাবৈসেন বিষ্ণুর খাটে যেন না জানিযা সাত-প্রহরিযা-ভাবে ছাডি সর্ব মাযাবসিলা প্রহর-সাত প্রভু ব্যক্ত হৈযা ॥ ১৭-০১৯ ॥

सकल भक्तेर भाग्ये ए दिन नाचिते उठिया वसिला प्रभु विष्णुर खट्टाते आर सब दिने प्रभु भाव प्रकाशियावैसेन विष्णुर खाटे येन ना जानिया सात-प्रहरिया-भावे छाडि सर्व मायावसिला प्रहर-सात प्रभु व्यक्त हैया ॥ १७-०१९ ॥

sakala bhaktera bhāgye e dina nācite uṭhiyā vasilā prabhu viṣṇura khaṭṭāte āra saba dine prabhu bhāva prakāśiyāvaisena viṣṇura khāṭe yena nā jāniyā sāta-prahariyā-bhāve chāḍi sarva māyāvasilā prahara-sāta prabhu vyakta haiyā || 17-019 ||

sakala bhaktera bhagye e dina nacite uthiya vasila prabhu visnura khattate ara saba dine prabhu bhava prakasiyavaisena visnura khate yena na janiya sata-prahariya-bhave chadi sarva mayavasila prahara-sata prabhu vyakta haiya (17-019)

English translation:

(17-019) While dancing on this day, however, the Lord made all the devotees fortunate by going up and sitting on the throne of Lord Viṣṇu. On other days when the Lord had manifested His ecstasy and sat on the throne of Viṣṇu, He had acted like He was unaware of His actions.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

But during this sāta-prahariyā bhāva, the Lord gave up all pretension and revealed His glories for twenty-one hours.

The phrase viṣṇura khaṭṭā refers to the Supreme Lord’s siṃhāsana, or throne. On other days Mahāprabhu acted as if unaware as He sat on the throne of Viṣṇu in His own ecstasy, but on this day He concealed His mood and pastimes as a devotee and sat on the throne of Viṣṇu for twenty-one hours in the mood of the Supreme Lord. This day He did not hide Himself in any way but fully revealed Himself, in other words, He accepted the service of His devotees by fully revealing Himself as Lord Viṣṇu, the object of all worship.

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