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”.

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.”

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