Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.10.138, 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 138 of Madhya-khanda chapter 10—“Conclusion of the Lord’s Maha-prakasha Pastimes”.
Verse 2.10.138
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.10.138:
মহা-ভাগবতে বুঝে অদ্বৈতের ব্যাখ্যা আপনে চৈতন্য যা’রে করাইল শিক্ষা ॥ ১৩৮ ॥
महा-भागवते बुझे अद्वैतेर व्याख्या आपने चैतन्य या’रे कराइल शिक्षा ॥ १३८ ॥
mahā-bhāgavate bujhe advaitera vyākhyā āpane caitanya yā’re karāila śikṣā || 138 ||
maha-bhagavate bujhe advaitera vyakhya apane caitanya ya’re karaila siksa (138)
English translation:
(138) A mahā-bhāgavata can understand the explanations of Advaita, who was personally taught by Lord Caitanya.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Although the explanations of Śrī Advaita Prabhu are born of acintya- abheda, or inconceivable oneness, they are actually acintya-bhedābheda
—exalted Vaiṣṇavas can understand this. Ignorant people consider Śrī Advaita Prabhu a preacher of kevalādvaita philosophy and Śrī Gaurasundara a preceptor of dvaita philosophy, which is opposed to the philosophy of cintya-dvaita, conceivable duality. Since some degree of Māyāvāda philosophy was preached among Advaita’s so-called descendants who were unable to understand the actual purport of His explanations, even today the same seed of aversion to devotional service is creating sentiments that are opposed to pure devotional service. They do not know that Śrī Advaita Prabhu did not give any explanation that was not approved by Śrī Caitanyadeva.