Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.18.76, 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 76 of Madhya-khanda chapter 18—“Mahaprabhu’s Dancing as a Gopi”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.18.76:

“শুনিযা তোমার গুণ ভুবন-সুন্দর দূর ভেল অঙ্গ-তাপ ত্রিবিধ দুষ্কর ॥ ৭৬ ॥

“शुनिया तोमार गुण भुवन-सुन्दर दूर भेल अङ्ग-ताप त्रिविध दुष्कर ॥ ७६ ॥

“śuniyā tomāra guṇa bhuvana-sundara dūra bhela aṅga-tāpa trividha duṣkara || 76 ||

“suniya tomara guna bhuvana-sundara dura bhela anga-tapa trividha duskara (76)

English translation:

(76) “O beauty of the worlds, after hearing of Your qualities, the insurmountable threefold miseries have been destroyed.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The phrase trividha duṣkara tāpa refers to the three unavoidable miseries of adhyātmika, adhibhautika, and adhidaivika—miseries inflicted by the body and mind, by other living entities, and by natural disturbances.

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