Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.19.177, 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 177 of Madhya-khanda chapter 19—“The Lord’s Pastimes in Advaita’s House”.
Verse 2.19.177
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.19.177:
মুঞি নাহি বলোঙ্ এই বেদের বাখান সুদক্ষিণ-মরণ তাহার পরমাণ ॥ ১৭৭ ॥
मुञि नाहि बलोङ् एइ वेदेर वाखान सुदक्षिण-मरण ताहार परमाण ॥ १७७ ॥
muñi nāhi baloṅ ei vedera vākhāna sudakṣiṇa-maraṇa tāhāra paramāṇa || 177 ||
muni nahi balon ei vedera vakhana sudaksina-marana tahara paramana (177)
English translation:
(177) “These are not simply My words, they are the words of the Vedas. The killing of Sudakṣiṇa is evidence of this.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The Purāṇas composed by Śrī Vedavyāsa are expansions of the original Vedic histories. The Purāṇas are written in Sanskrit. They are simple presentations of histories. Since respect has diminished for the Vedas, which were written in the ancient language of the gods, and since they are not easily found because of being ravaged in the course of time, it is simply foolishness to consider the Purāṇas as separate from the Vedas.
The histories that explain the Vedas have been compiled in the Purāṇas. In those Purāṇas (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, Tenth Canto, Chapter 66) the narration of Sudakṣiṇa’s destruction should be accepted as evidence for Advaita’s statements.