Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.20.75, 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 75 of Madhya-khanda chapter 20—“The Glories of Murari Gupta”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.20.75:

যে-সে কেনে নহে বৈষ্ণবের দাসী-দাস `সর্বোত্তম সেই’—এই বেদের প্রকাশ ॥ ৭৫ ॥

ये-से केने नहे वैष्णवेर दासी-दास `सर्वोत्तम सेइ’—एइ वेदेर प्रकाश ॥ ७५ ॥

ye-se kene nahe vaiṣṇavera dāsī-dāsa `sarvottama sei’—ei vedera prakāśa || 75 ||

ye-se kene nahe vaisnavera dasi-dasa `sarvottama sei’—ei vedera prakasa (75)

English translation:

(75) Whoever the servants and maidservants of the Vaiṣṇavas may be, the

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Vedas declare, “They are the best of all.”

However significant or insignificant the servants and maidservants in the house of a Vaiṣṇava may be, those who have realized the purport of the Vedas know well that the servants and maidservants of the Vaiṣṇavas are the greatest of all.

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