Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.13.2, 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 2 of Madhya-khanda chapter 13—“The Deliverance of Jagai and Madhai”.
Verse 2.13.2
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.13.2:
জয জয মহাপ্রভু শ্রী-গৌরসুন্দর জয নিত্যানন্দ সর্ব-সেব্য-কলেবর ॥ ২ ॥
जय जय महाप्रभु श्री-गौरसुन्दर जय नित्यानन्द सर्व-सेव्य-कलेवर ॥ २ ॥
jaya jaya mahāprabhu śrī-gaurasundara jaya nityānanda sarva-sevya-kalevara || 2 ||
jaya jaya mahaprabhu sri-gaurasundara jaya nityananda sarva-sevya-kalevara (2)
English translation:
(2) All glories to Mahāprabhu Śrī Gaurasundara! All glories to Nityānanda, whose body is the object of everyone’s worship!
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The phrase sarva-sevya-kalevara is described as follows: Śrīman Nityānanda Prabhu is svayam-prakāśa, or the personal manifestation of the Supreme Lord. Therefore He is the worshipable Lord of everyone, both individually and collectively. From Him Kāraṇodakaśāyī Mahā- Viṣṇu, who is the cause of all causes, Garbhodakaśāyī, who is the Supersoul of the collective living entities, and Aniruddha, the localized Viṣṇu, are all manifest. The supreme worshipable Lord of all, Kṛṣṇa, accepts the service of Nityānanda, who is the embodiment of all service. Nityānanda is served by all objects emanating from all of Kṛṣṇa’s energies.