Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.16.92, 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 92 of Madhya-khanda chapter 16—“The Lord’s Acceptance of Shuklambara’s Rice”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.16.92:

“সত্য সেবিলেন প্রভু এ মহাপুরুষে কোটি মোক্ষ-তুল্য নহে এ কৃপার লেশে ॥ ৯২ ॥

“सत्य सेविलेन प्रभु ए महापुरुषे कोटि मोक्ष-तुल्य नहे ए कृपार लेशे ॥ ९२ ॥

“satya sevilena prabhu e mahāpuruṣe koṭi mokṣa-tulya nahe e kṛpāra leśe || 92 ||

“satya sevilena prabhu e mahapuruse koti moksa-tulya nahe e krpara lese (92)

English translation:

(92) “This great personality has truly served the Lord, for a fraction of the mercy He received cannot be compared to millions of liberations.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

If the example of liberation is multiplied by ten million, it cannot equal a particle of such munificence.

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