Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.12.29, 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 29 of Madhya-khanda chapter 12—“The Glories of Nityananda”.
Verse 2.12.29
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.12.29:
ইহার ব্যভার সব কৃষ্ণ-রস-ময ইহানে সেবিলে কৃষ্ণ-প্রেম-ভক্তি হয ॥ ২৯ ॥
इहार व्यभार सब कृष्ण-रस-मय इहाने सेविले कृष्ण-प्रेम-भक्ति हय ॥ २९ ॥
ihāra vyabhāra saba kṛṣṇa-rasa-maya ihāne sevile kṛṣṇa-prema-bhakti haya || 29 ||
ihara vyabhara saba krsna-rasa-maya ihane sevile krsna-prema-bhakti haya (29)
English translation:
(29) “His dealings are full of transcendental mellows for Kṛṣṇa. Just by serving Him one obtains devotional service in love of Kṛṣṇa.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Since Nityānanda was always eager to serve Kṛṣṇa in ecstatic love, simply by serving Him the serving propensity of persons who are thirsty after loving devotional service to Kṛṣṇa will be fully awakened. In Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Ādi 5.204) it is stated as follows:
jaya jaya nityānanda-caraṇāravinda yāṅhā haite pāinu śrī-rādhā-govinda
“All glory, all glory to the lotus feet of Lord Nityānanda, by whose mercy I have attained Śrī Rādhā-Govinda.”