Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.10.59, 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 59 of Madhya-khanda chapter 10—“Conclusion of the Lord’s Maha-prakasha Pastimes”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.10.59:

নির্গুণ অধম সর্ব-জাতি বহিষ্কৃত মুঞি কি বলিব প্রভু তোমার চরিত? ॥ ৫৯ ॥

निर्गुण अधम सर्व-जाति बहिष्कृत मुञि कि बलिब प्रभु तोमार चरित? ॥ ५९ ॥

nirguṇa adhama sarva-jāti bahiṣkṛta muñi ki baliba prabhu tomāra carita? || 59 ||

nirguna adhama sarva-jati bahiskrta muni ki baliba prabhu tomara carita? (59)

English translation:

(59) “I have no good qualities. I am a fallen outcaste. How can I possibly describe Your glories?

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

“O Lord, how will I be able to describe Your pastimes? I am neither a high-class nor middle-class person in society; I am simply fallen. I am not enriched with any material qualities. I am bereft of all good qualities. I do not belong to any of the Āryan castes. Therefore I have no qualification whatsoever to describe Your qualities.”

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