Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.19.34, 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 34 of Madhya-khanda chapter 19—“The Lord’s Pastimes in Advaita’s House”.
Verse 2.19.34
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.19.34:
দুই চন্দ্র দেখি’ সবে করেন বিচার “কভু স্বর্গে নাহি দুই চন্দ্র অধিকার” ॥ ৩৪ ॥
दुइ चन्द्र देखि’ सबे करेन विचार “कभु स्वर्गे नाहि दुइ चन्द्र अधिकार” ॥ ३४ ॥
dui candra dekhi’ sabe karena vicāra “kabhu svarge nāhi dui candra adhikāra” || 34 ||
dui candra dekhi’ sabe karena vicara “kabhu svarge nahi dui candra adhikara” (34)
English translation:
(34) On seeing the two moons, they thought, “We have never seen two moons together in heaven.”
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
“There is only one moon in heaven. There is no question of two moons at the same time. Therefore the earth is a heaven superior to heaven.”