Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.23.520, 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 520 of Madhya-khanda chapter 23—“Wandering about Navadvipa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi”.
Verse 2.23.520
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.23.520:
কি বা জীব নিত্যানন্দ, কি বা ভক্ত জ্ঞানী যার যেন মত ইচ্ছা না বোলযে কেনি ॥ ৫২০ ॥
कि वा जीव नित्यानन्द, कि वा भक्त ज्ञानी यार येन मत इच्छा ना बोलये केनि ॥ ५२० ॥
ki vā jīva nityānanda, ki vā bhakta jñānī yāra yena mata icchā nā bolaye keni || 520 ||
ki va jiva nityananda, ki va bhakta jnani yara yena mata iccha na bolaye keni (520)
English translation:
(520) Someone may consider Nityānanda a living entity, someone may consider Him a devotee, and someone may consider Him a jñānī. They may say whatever they like.