Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.23.474, 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 474 of Madhya-khanda chapter 23—“Wandering about Navadvipa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi”.
Verse 2.23.474
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.23.474:
অতএব ভক্ত হয ঈশ্বর-সমান ভক্ত-স্থানে পরাভব মানে ভগবান্ ॥ ৪৭৪ ॥
अतएव भक्त हय ईश्वर-समान भक्त-स्थाने पराभव माने भगवान् ॥ ४७४ ॥
ataeva bhakta haya īśvara-samāna bhakta-sthāne parābhava māne bhagavān || 474 ||
ataeva bhakta haya isvara-samana bhakta-sthane parabhava mane bhagavan (474)
English translation:
(474) Therefore the devotees are as good as the Supreme Lord. The Lord agrees to be defeated by His devotees.