Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.13.278, 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 278 of Madhya-khanda chapter 13—“The Deliverance of Jagai and Madhai”.
Verse 2.13.278
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.13.278:
আমারে পরশে এবে ভাগবত-গণে ছাযা ছুঞি’ যেই জন কৈলা গঙ্গা-স্নানে ॥ ২৭৮ ॥
आमारे परशे एबे भागवत-गणे छाया छुञि’ येइ जन कैला गङ्गा-स्नाने ॥ २७८ ॥
āmāre paraśe ebe bhāgavata-gaṇe chāyā chuñi’ yei jana kailā gaṅgā-snāne || 278 ||
amare parase ebe bhagavata-gane chaya chuni’ yei jana kaila ganga-snane (278)
English translation:
(278) “The pure devotees who once took bath in the Ganges after touching our shadow are now touching us.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
“Those pure devotees who used to take bath in the Ganges to free themselves from the sinful reaction of touching our shadow are now touching us.”