Verse 2.10.283-284

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.10.283-284:

অদ্যাপিহ চৈতন্য এ সব লীলা করে যখনে যাহারে করে দৃষ্টি-অধিকারে সেই দেখে,—আর দেখিবারে শক্তি নাই নিরন্তর ক্রীডা করে চৈতন্য গোসাঞি ॥ ২৮৩-২৮৪ ॥

अद्यापिह चैतन्य ए सब लीला करे यखने याहारे करे दृष्टि-अधिकारे सेइ देखे,—आर देखिबारे शक्ति नाइ निरन्तर क्रीडा करे चैतन्य गोसाञि ॥ २८३-२८४ ॥

adyāpiha caitanya e saba līlā kare yakhane yāhāre kare dṛṣṭi-adhikāre sei dekhe,—āra dekhibāre śakti nāi nirantara krīḍā kare caitanya gosāñi || 283-284 ||

adyapiha caitanya e saba lila kare yakhane yahare kare drsti-adhikare sei dekhe,—ara dekhibare sakti nai nirantara krida kare caitanya gosani (283-284)

English translation:

(283-284) Lord Caitanya performs these pastimes even today. Only when the Lord gives one the ability to see these pastimes can one see them.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Others have no ability to see Lord Caitanya’s eternal pastimes.

The pastimes of Lord Caitanya are eternal. Whenever one’s good fortune is awakened, he is able to see those pastimes. It is not that the ever- existing pastimes of Śrī Caitanya appear in this material world under the control of time. If one’s heart is filled with devotion and he desires to serve the Lord, then he can always nourish the pastimes of Śrī Caitanya. These topics are always understood by the servants of Śrī Caitanya Maṭha. The vision of the karmis and prākṛta-sahajiyās, who are averse to Śrī Caitanya, Śrī Gaurasundara’s teachings, and Śrī Gauḍīya Maṭha, is incapable of perceiving the pastimes of Śrī Caitanya. In the Laghu- bhāgavatāmṛta (Pūrva 391) it is stated:

ced didṛkṣerann utkaṇṭhārtā nija-priyāḥtāṃ tāṃ līlāṃ tataḥ kṛṣṇo darśayet tān kṛpā-nidhiḥ

“Even today if one of His dear devotees intensely desires to see one of His particular pastimes, the merciful Lord immediately exhibits that pastime for him.”

The pure devotees always see Śrī Caitanyadeva’s pastimes of chanting the holy names of Kṛṣṇa. People in this world who are intoxicated with material enjoyment have no power to see the pastimes of Śrī Caitanya.