Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.18.171, 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 171 of Madhya-khanda chapter 18—“Mahaprabhu’s Dancing as a Gopi”.
Verse 2.18.171
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.18.171:
যত বিদ্যাসকল তোমার মূর্তি-ভেদ `সর্ব-প্রকৃতির শক্তি তুমি’ কহে বেদ ॥ ১৭১ ॥
यत विद्यासकल तोमार मूर्ति-भेद `सर्व-प्रकृतिर शक्ति तुमि’ कहे वेद ॥ १७१ ॥
yata vidyāsakala tomāra mūrti-bheda `sarva-prakṛtira śakti tumi’ kahe veda || 171 ||
yata vidyasakala tomara murti-bheda `sarva-prakrtira sakti tumi’ kahe veda (171)
English translation:
(171) “All branches of knowledge are different forms of You. The Vedas
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
declare: `You are the energy behind all potencies.’
“Since You are devotional service to Viṣṇu, all varieties of knowledge are simply manifestations of You. You are the cause or potency behind all characteristics of the energetic. The Vedic literatures declare that spiritual energy is the power behind the material creation.”