Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.23.525, 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 525 of Madhya-khanda chapter 23—“Wandering about Navadvipa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi”.
Verse 2.23.525
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.23.525:
গৌরচন্দ্র-নিত্যানন্দ—শ্রী-রাম-লক্ষ্মণ গৌরচন্দ্র—`কৃষ্ণ’, নিত্যানন্দ—`সঙ্কর্ষণ’ ॥ ৫২৫ ॥
गौरचन्द्र-नित्यानन्द—श्री-राम-लक्ष्मण गौरचन्द्र—`कृष्ण’, नित्यानन्द—`सङ्कर्षण’ ॥ ५२५ ॥
gauracandra-nityānanda—śrī-rāma-lakṣmaṇa gauracandra—`kṛṣṇa’, nityānanda—`saṅkarṣaṇa’ || 525 ||
gauracandra-nityananda—sri-rama-laksmana gauracandra—`krsna’, nityananda—`sankarsana’ (525)
English translation:
(525) Gauracandra and Nityānanda are Śrī Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa. Gauracandra is Kṛṣṇa, and Nityānanda is Saṅkarṣaṇa.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Śrī Gaura and Nityānanda are Śrī Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa. Śrī Gaura and Nityānanda are Śrī Kṛṣṇa-Nārāyaṇa and Saṅkarṣaṇa. The observation of Śrī Caitanya’s pastimes on different platforms of the supreme worshipable object gives the understanding that Śrī Caitanya and Nityānanda are nondifferent from the supreme worshipable truth.
Through His various manifestations, Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu is certainly able to serve Śrī Caitanyadeva. The jīva-śakti, or living entities, certainly emanate from Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu. Therefore the characteristic of service is the eternal characteristic of every living entity.