Chaitanya Bhagavata

by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.19.5, 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 5 of Madhya-khanda chapter 19—“The Lord’s Pastimes in Advaita’s House”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.19.5:

নিরবধি ভাবাবেশে কারো নাহি বাহ্য সঙ্কীর্তন বিনা আর নাহি কোন কার্য ॥ ৫ ॥

निरवधि भावावेशे कारो नाहि बाह्य सङ्कीर्तन विना आर नाहि कोन कार्य ॥ ५ ॥

niravadhi bhāvāveśe kāro nāhi bāhya saṅkīrtana vinā āra nāhi kona kārya || 5 ||

niravadhi bhavavese karo nahi bahya sankirtana vina ara nahi kona karya (5)

English translation:

(5) They were constantly absorbed in love of God and had no external consciousness. They had no engagement other than the performance of saṅkīrtana.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Since the devotees of the Lord are absorbed in the service of Kṛṣṇa, they cannot even glance towards the material world under the influence of external knowledge. Rather they constantly remain intoxicated by glorifying Kṛṣṇa’s names, forms, qualities, and pastimes.

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