Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.21.79, 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 79 of Madhya-khanda chapter 21—“The Lord’s Chastisement of Devananda”.
Verse 2.21.79
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.21.79:
চৈতন্যের দণ্ড যে মস্তকে করি’ লয সেই দণ্ড তারে প্রেম-ভক্তি-যোগ হয ॥ ৭৯ ॥
चैतन्येर दण्ड ये मस्तके करि’ लय सेइ दण्ड तारे प्रेम-भक्ति-योग हय ॥ ७९ ॥
caitanyera daṇḍa ye mastake kari’ laya sei daṇḍa tāre prema-bhakti-yoga haya || 79 ||
caitanyera danda ye mastake kari’ laya sei danda tare prema-bhakti-yoga haya (79)
English translation:
(79) One who faithfully accepts Lord Caitanya’s punishment attains ecstatic love as a result.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Those who do not respect Śrī Caitanyadeva’s offering of punishment cannot understand the actual characteristics of loving devotional service. Those who accept the Lord’s punishment as the source of their own auspiciousness certainly receive the opportunity to attain prema-bhakti.