Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.10.311, 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 311 of Madhya-khanda chapter 10—“Conclusion of the Lord’s Maha-prakasha Pastimes”.
Verse 2.10.311
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.10.311:
আদি-দেব মহাযোগী ঈশ্বর বৈষ্ণব মহিমার অন্ত ইঙ্হা না জানযে সব ॥ ৩১১ ॥
आदि-देव महायोगी ईश्वर वैष्णव महिमार अन्त इङ्हा ना जानये सब ॥ ३११ ॥
ādi-deva mahāyogī īśvara vaiṣṇava mahimāra anta iṅhā nā jānaye saba || 311 ||
adi-deva mahayogi isvara vaisnava mahimara anta inha na janaye saba (311)
English translation:
(311) Even the original Lord, great yogi, controller, and topmost Vaiṣṇava does not know the limit of Nityānanda’s glories.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Although Mahā-yogī, Ādideva Mahādeva (Śiva) is a Vaiṣṇava, he does not fully know the confidential glories of Balarāma. Some people say this verse means that not everyone knows the limit of the foremost Vaiṣṇava Mahādeva’s glories. Otherwise, Lord Nityānanda Himself is the original source of the vaibhava-tattva, or the pastime incarnations. Therefore He is Ādideva, the original Lord. Since He is engaged in the service of Kṛṣṇa in ten different forms and does not engage in any other activity, He is known as supremely self-controlled. Since He is the source of Kāraṇodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, and Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, He is the supreme controller. Since He is a devotee of Kṛṣṇa, He is a
Vaiṣṇava. No one is able to understand the ultimate limit of Nityānanda’s glories.