Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.18.181, 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 181 of Madhya-khanda chapter 18—“Mahaprabhu’s Dancing as a Gopi”.
Verse 2.18.181
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.18.181:
সবার উদ্ধার লাগি’ তোমার প্রকাশ দুঃখিত জীবেরে মাতা কর নিজ-দাস ॥ ১৮১ ॥
सबार उद्धार लागि’ तोमार प्रकाश दुःखित जीवेरे माता कर निज-दास ॥ १८१ ॥
sabāra uddhāra lāgi’ tomāra prakāśa duḥkhita jīvere mātā kara nija-dāsa || 181 ||
sabara uddhara lagi’ tomara prakasa duhkhita jivere mata kara nija-dasa (181)
English translation:
(181) “You manifest for the deliverance of everyone. O mother, please accept the suffering living entities as Your servants.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
“Being tortured by Your covering and throwing potencies, persons desirous of liberation from this material world wish to be delivered by becoming free from material desires. With a desire to benefit such living entities who are inclined towards Your service, You remove their threefold miseries and instruct them to become inclined towards the service of Kṛṣṇa.”