Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.15.32, 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 32 of Madhya-khanda chapter 15—“Descriptions of Madhavananda’s Realization”.
Verse 2.15.32
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.15.32:
তোমারে সেবিযা পূজ্যা হৈলা মহামাযা অনন্ত ব্রহ্মাণ্ডে চাহে তোমা’ পদ-ছাযা ॥ ৩২ ॥
तोमारे सेविया पूज्या हैला महामाया अनन्त ब्रह्माण्डे चाहे तोमा’ पद-छाया ॥ ३२ ॥
tomāre seviyā pūjyā hailā mahāmāyā ananta brahmāṇḍe cāhe tomā’ pada-chāyā || 32 ||
tomare seviya pujya haila mahamaya ananta brahmande cahe toma’ pada-chaya (32)
English translation:
(32) “Mahāmāyā became worshipable by serving You. Innumerable universes desire the shelter of Your lotus feet.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
By the influence of worshiping Viṣṇu, Viṣṇu-māyā (who is known by the people of the material world as Mahāmāyā) became worshipable by the people of the world.