Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.18.231, 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 231 of Madhya-khanda chapter 18—“Mahaprabhu’s Dancing as a Gopi”.
Verse 2.18.231
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.18.231:
হেন সে চৈতন্য-মাযা পরম গহন তথাপিহ কেহ কিছু না বুঝে কারণ ॥ ২৩১ ॥
हेन से चैतन्य-माया परम गहन तथापिह केह किछु ना बुझे कारण ॥ २३१ ॥
hena se caitanya-māyā parama gahana tathāpiha keha kichu nā bujhe kāraṇa || 231 ||
hena se caitanya-maya parama gahana tathapiha keha kichu na bujhe karana (231)
English translation:
(231) Lord Caitanya’s potencies are most confidential, yet no one can understand how this is so.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The potencies of Śrī Caitanyadeva are most confidential. There is not a tinge of devotional service in the hearts of those who desire to enjoy Gaura (who accept service from Gaurasundara by considering Him the object of their enjoyment, in other words, who consider themselves something like nāgarīs, or enjoyers). Śrī Caitanyadeva did not allow foolish persons to understand this.