Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.23.1, 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 1 of Madhya-khanda chapter 23—“Wandering about Navadvipa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi”.
Verse 2.23.1
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.23.1:
জয জয শ্রী-কৃষ্ণ-চৈতন্য গুণ-নিধি জয বিশ্বম্ভর জয ভবাদির বিধি ॥ ১ ॥
जय जय श्री-कृष्ण-चैतन्य गुण-निधि जय विश्वम्भर जय भवादिर विधि ॥ १ ॥
jaya jaya śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya guṇa-nidhi jaya viśvambhara jaya bhavādira vidhi || 1 ||
jaya jaya sri-krsna-caitanya guna-nidhi jaya visvambhara jaya bhavadira vidhi (1)
English translation:
(1) All glories to Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, the ocean of transcendental qualities! All glories to Viśvambhara, the controller of personalities like Śiva!
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The phrase bhavādira vidhi is explained as follows: The Lord is the eternal controller of the guṇa-avatāras Śiva and Brahmā. The two sides of eternity are creation and destruction. Since the Supreme Lord is the controller of both the temporary and the eternal, He is the controller of personalities like Śiva.