Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.10.104, 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 104 of Madhya-khanda chapter 10—“Conclusion of the Lord’s Maha-prakasha Pastimes”.
Verse 2.10.104
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.10.104:
এ বচন মোর নহে, সর্ব-শাস্ত্রে কয ভক্তাখ্যান শুনিলে কৃষ্ণেতে ভক্তি হয ॥ ১০৪ ॥
ए वचन मोर नहे, सर्व-शास्त्रे कय भक्ताख्यान शुनिले कृष्णेते भक्ति हय ॥ १०४ ॥
e vacana mora nahe, sarva-śāstre kaya bhaktākhyāna śunile kṛṣṇete bhakti haya || 104 ||
e vacana mora nahe, sarva-sastre kaya bhaktakhyana sunile krsnete bhakti haya (104)
English translation:
(104) This is not my statement, this is the verdict of all the scriptures. Simply by hearing topics about the devotees, one develops devotion for Kṛṣṇa.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
One should discuss Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (1.2.17-18, 1.5.28, 2.2.37, 2.8.4,
3.9.11, 10.33.39 and 12.3.12).