Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.9.213, 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 213 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 2.9.213:

ভক্তি-যোগে তোমারে বেচিল সত্যভামা ভক্তি-বশে তুমি কান্ধে কৈলে গোপ-রামা ॥ ২১৩ ॥

भक्ति-योगे तोमारे वेचिल सत्यभामा भक्ति-वशे तुमि कान्धे कैले गोप-रामा ॥ २१३ ॥

bhakti-yoge tomāre vecila satyabhāmā bhakti-vaśe tumi kāndhe kaile gopa-rāmā || 213 ||

bhakti-yoge tomare vecila satyabhama bhakti-vase tumi kandhe kaile gopa-rama (213)

English translation:

(213) “It was through devotional service that Satyabhāmā sold You. Being controlled by devotional service, You carried a cowherd damsel of Vraja on Your shoulders.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Satyabhāmā’s devotional service is explained as follows: During Kṛṣṇa’s Dvārakā pastimes, the great sage Nārada one day came before Kṛṣṇa with a pārijāta flower in his hand that Indra had given him. At that time Kṛṣṇa was residing in the house of Rukmiṇī. When Nārada gifted that pārijāta flower to Śrī Kṛṣṇa, Lord Vāsudeva gave it to Rukmiṇī. On seeing this, Nārada praised the good fortune of Rukmiṇī and concluded that she was the most intimate and chaste wife of Kṛṣṇa. Thereafter the maidservants of Satyabhāmā who were present at the time informed Satyabhāmā about the incident. As a result, when Satyabhāmā became filled with conceit, Kṛṣṇa went to her residence and promised to bring an entire pārijāta tree to the house of Satyabhāmā in order to please her. Thereafter, when Nārada went there and specifically glorified the Puṇyaka-vrata, Satyabhāmā expressed a desire to observe that vow. Then Kṛṣṇa brought the pārijāta tree from Amarāvatī, the abode of Indra, and according to the prescriptions of that vrata, Satyabhāmā bound Kṛṣṇa to that pārijāta tree and gave Him in charity to Nārada. (Hari-vaṃśa, Viṣṇu-parva, Chapter Seventy-six)

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