Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.20.152, 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 152 of Madhya-khanda chapter 20—“The Glories of Murari Gupta”.
Verse 2.20.152
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.20.152:
চৈতন্য-চরণে যা’র আছে মতি-গতি জন্ম জন্ম হয যেন তাঙ্হার সংহতি ॥ ১৫২ ॥
चैतन्य-चरणे या’र आछे मति-गति जन्म जन्म हय येन ताङ्हार संहति ॥ १५२ ॥
caitanya-caraṇe yā’ra āche mati-gati janma janma haya yena tāṅhāra saṃhati || 152 ||
caitanya-carane ya’ra ache mati-gati janma janma haya yena tanhara samhati (152)
English translation:
(152) May I achieve the association of those whose desires and activities are
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
dedicated to the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya.
All human beings should give up the association of cheating professional Bhāgavata reciters and desire the association of the nonduplicitous servants of Śrī Caitanya birth after birth. Association with Māyāvādīs averse to Lord Caitanya is not at all desirable.