Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.10.302, 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 302 of Madhya-khanda chapter 10—“Conclusion of the Lord’s Maha-prakasha Pastimes”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.10.302:

নিত্যানন্দ কহে,—`মুঞি চৈতন্যের দাস’ অহর্নিশ আর প্রভু না করে প্রকাশ ॥ ৩০২ ॥

नित्यानन्द कहे,—`मुञि चैतन्येर दास’ अहर्निश आर प्रभु ना करे प्रकाश ॥ ३०२ ॥

nityānanda kahe,—`muñi caitanyera dāsa’ aharniśa āra prabhu nā kare prakāśa || 302 ||

nityananda kahe,—`muni caitanyera dasa’ aharnisa ara prabhu na kare prakasa (302)

English translation:

(302) Nityānanda declared, “I am the servant of Lord Caitanya.” Day or night, He did not say anything to the contrary.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

In the constitutional identification of Nityānanda, nothing other than service was manifest.

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TCB Madhya-khaṇḍa 10.303

tāhāna kṛpāya haya caitanyete rati nityānanda bhajile āpad nāhi kati

By His mercy, one attains attachment for Lord Caitanya. Simply by worshiping Lord Nityānanda one will not face danger anywhere.

The word kati means “anywhere.”

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