Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.18.177, 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 177 of Madhya-khanda chapter 18—“Mahaprabhu’s Dancing as a Gopi”.
Verse 2.18.177
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.18.177:
সাধু-জন-গৃহে তুমি লক্ষ্মী-মূর্তি মতীঅসাধুর ঘরে তুমি কাল-রূপাকৃতি ॥ ১৭৭ ॥
साधु-जन-गृहे तुमि लक्ष्मी-मूर्ति मतीअसाधुर घरे तुमि काल-रूपाकृति ॥ १७७ ॥
sādhu-jana-gṛhe tumi lakṣmī-mūrti matīasādhura ghare tumi kāla-rūpākṛti || 177 ||
sadhu-jana-grhe tumi laksmi-murti matiasadhura ghare tumi kala-rupakrti (177)
English translation:
(177) “In the houses of devotees You are the personification of Lakṣmī, and in the houses of nondevotees You appear in the form of time, the destroyer of all.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
“In the houses of Vaiṣṇavas attached to the service of the Lord You are present as the personification of Lakṣmī, and in the houses of materialists who are devoid of service to Viṣṇu You entangle them in unlimited varieties of bondage, bewilder them with Your covering and throwing potencies, and destroy them by placing them under the control of the material time factor.”