Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.14.48, 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 48 of Madhya-khanda chapter 14—“Yamaraja’s Sankirtana”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.14.48:

চন্দ্র, সূর্য, পবন, কুবের, বহ্নি, বরুণ, নাচে সব যত লোকপাল সবেই কৃষ্ণের ভৃত্য, কৃষ্ণ-রসে করে নৃত্য, দেখিযা কৃষ্ণের ঠাকুরাল ॥ ৪৮ ॥

चन्द्र, सूर्य, पवन, कुवेर, वह्नि, वरुण, नाचे सब यत लोकपाल सबेइ कृष्णेर भृत्य, कृष्ण-रसे करे नृत्य, देखिया कृष्णेर ठाकुराल ॥ ४८ ॥

candra, sūrya, pavana, kuvera, vahni, varuṇa, nāce saba yata lokapāla sabei kṛṣṇera bhṛtya, kṛṣṇa-rase kare nṛtya, dekhiyā kṛṣṇera ṭhākurāla || 48 ||

candra, surya, pavana, kuvera, vahni, varuna, nace saba yata lokapala sabei krsnera bhrtya, krsna-rase kare nrtya, dekhiya krsnera thakurala (48)

English translation:

(48) After seeing the display of Kṛṣṇa’s glories, predominating deities of the universe like Candra, Sūrya, Pavana, Kuvera, Vahni (Agni), and Varuṇa—all servants of Kṛṣṇa—danced in the ecstasy of love for Kṛṣṇa.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The phrase kṛṣṇera ṭhākurāla means “the opulence of the Lord” or “the influence of the Lord.”

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