Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.21.82, 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 82 of Madhya-khanda chapter 21—“The Lord’s Chastisement of Devananda”.
Verse 2.21.82
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.21.82:
জীবন্যাস করিলে শ্রী-মূর্তি পূজ্য হয `জন্ম-মাত্র এ চারি ঈশ্বর’ বেদে কয ॥ ৮২ ॥
जीवन्यास करिले श्री-मूर्ति पूज्य हय `जन्म-मात्र ए चारि ईश्वर’ वेदे कय ॥ ८२ ॥
jīvanyāsa karile śrī-mūrti pūjya haya `janma-mātra e cāri īśvara’ vede kaya || 82 ||
jivanyasa karile sri-murti pujya haya `janma-matra e cari isvara’ vede kaya (82)
English translation:
(82) By invoking life in the Deity form of the Lord, that form becomes worshipable. But it is stated in the Vedas that these four representations are the Supreme Lord from the time of their appearance.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
According to external consideration, when one invokes life in the Deity form of the Lord, that form becomes worshipable. Although Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, tulasī, Gaṅgā, and the Vaiṣṇavas are seen as enjoyable objects in this material world, they are nondifferent from the Supreme Lord and worshipable object even without invoking life in them. This is the verdict of Vedic literatures that award spiritual knowledge.