Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.23.83, 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 83 of Madhya-khanda chapter 23—“Wandering about Navadvipa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi”.
Verse 2.23.83
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.23.83:
নিরবধি সবেই জপেন কৃষ্ণ-নাম প্রভুর চরণ কায-মনে করি’ ধ্যান ॥ ৮৩ ॥
निरवधि सबेइ जपेन कृष्ण-नाम प्रभुर चरण काय-मने करि’ ध्यान ॥ ८३ ॥
niravadhi sabei japena kṛṣṇa-nāma prabhura caraṇa kāya-mane kari’ dhyāna || 83 ||
niravadhi sabei japena krsna-nama prabhura carana kaya-mane kari’ dhyana (83)
English translation:
(83) They engaged their bodies and minds by constantly chanting the names of Kṛṣṇa and meditating on the Lord’s lotus feet.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Those who have controlled their minds and have accepted the Lord’s instructions regarding nāma and mantra engage in softly chanting the holy names while directly and indirectly meditating on Kṛṣṇa. In Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (2.8.4) it is stated:
śṛṇvataḥśraddhayā nityaṃ gṛṇataś ca sva-ceṣṭitam kālena nātidīrgheṇa bhagavān viśate hṛdi
“Persons who hear Śrīmad Bhāgavatam regularly and are always taking the matter very seriously will have the Personality of Godhead Śrī Kṛṣṇa manifested in their hearts within a short time.” After worshiping the Lord with mantras for hundreds of years, one attains the qualification for chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. Activities like meditation are possible only when one attains such qualification, otherwise the instruction given in the above verse prohibits activities like artificial meditation.