Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.19.33, 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 33 of Madhya-khanda chapter 19—“The Lord’s Pastimes in Advaita’s House”.
Verse 2.19.33
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.19.33:
নর-জ্ঞান আপনারে সবার জন্মিল চন্দ্রের প্রভাবে নরে দেব-বুদ্ধি হৈল ॥ ৩৩ ॥
नर-ज्ञान आपनारे सबार जन्मिल चन्द्रेर प्रभावे नरे देव-बुद्धि हैल ॥ ३३ ॥
nara-jñāna āpanāre sabāra janmila candrera prabhāve nare deva-buddhi haila || 33 ||
nara-jnana apanare sabara janmila candrera prabhave nare deva-buddhi haila (33)
English translation:
(33) By the influence of the moonlike Lords, they considered themselves to be human beings and human beings to be demigods.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The demigods began to consider themselves as less powerful human beings, and they considered the human beings, who were refreshed by the rays of the two moons, Gaura and Nitāi, to be superior to themselves.