Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.18.179, 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 179 of Madhya-khanda chapter 18—“Mahaprabhu’s Dancing as a Gopi”.
Verse 2.18.179
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.18.179:
তুমি শ্রদ্ধা বৈষ্ণবের সর্বত্র-উদযা রাখহ জননী দিযা চরণের ছাযা ॥ ১৭৯ ॥
तुमि श्रद्धा वैष्णवेर सर्वत्र-उदया राखह जननी दिया चरणेर छाया ॥ १७९ ॥
tumi śraddhā vaiṣṇavera sarvatra-udayā rākhaha jananī diyā caraṇera chāyā || 179 ||
tumi sraddha vaisnavera sarvatra-udaya rakhaha janani diya caranera chaya (179)
English translation:
(179) “You are the ever-manifested faith of the Vaiṣṇavas. O mother, please protect us by giving us the shade of Your lotus feet.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
“Appearing as the faith of those who are inclined towards the devotional service of Viṣṇu, You increase their devotion. You make those who are bereft of Your compassion maddened with desires for material enjoyment by diverting them from the service of Kṛṣṇa. They then know You only as the provider of their sense gratification. But You become the well-wisher of those who are favored by You, and, rather than becoming the object of their enjoyment, You become the object of their service.”