Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.23.43, 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 43 of Madhya-khanda chapter 23—“Wandering about Navadvipa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi”.
Verse 2.23.43
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.23.43:
চণ্ডালে ও মোহার শরণ যদি লয সেহ মোর, মুঞি তার, জানিহ নিশ্চয ॥ ৪৩ ॥
चण्डाले ओ मोहार शरण यदि लय सेह मोर, मुञि तार, जानिह निश्चय ॥ ४३ ॥
caṇḍāle o mohāra śaraṇa yadi laya seha mora, muñi tāra, jāniha niścaya || 43 ||
candale o mohara sarana yadi laya seha mora, muni tara, janiha niscaya (43)
English translation:
(43) “Know for certain that if even a caṇḍāla surrenders to Me, he is Mine and I am his.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
“If by his past karma a human being takes birth in a degraded family yet has a strong inclination for the service of the Supreme Lord, he is very dear to Me. He is certainly a brāhmaṇa whose body belongs to Me. There is no doubt about it.”