Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.21.81, 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 81 of Madhya-khanda chapter 21—“The Lord’s Chastisement of Devananda”.
Verse 2.21.81
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.21.81:
ভাগবত, তুলসী, গঙ্গায, ভক্ত-জনে চতুর্ধা বিগ্রহ কৃষ্ণ এই চারি সনে ॥ ৮১ ॥
भागवत, तुलसी, गङ्गाय, भक्त-जने चतुर्धा विग्रह कृष्ण एइ चारि सने ॥ ८१ ॥
bhāgavata, tulasī, gaṅgāya, bhakta-jane caturdhā vigraha kṛṣṇa ei cāri sane || 81 ||
bhagavata, tulasi, gangaya, bhakta-jane caturdha vigraha krsna ei cari sane (81)
English translation:
(81) Kṛṣṇa appears in this world in four forms—Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, tulasī, Gaṅgā, and the devotees.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Śrī Kṛṣṇa manifests His own form in four representations in this world. Although if one abruptly sees these four representations one does not recognize them as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, these four representations related to the Supreme Lord are worshiped as manifestations of the Lord. The Vaiṣṇavas, tulasī, Gaṅgā, and Śrīmad Bhāgavatam are four manifestations of Kṛṣṇa.