Chaitanya Bhagavata

by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.24.1, 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 1 of Madhya-khanda chapter 24—“The Lord Displays His Universal Form to Advaita”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.24.1:

জয জয জয গৌর-সিংহ মহাধীর জয জয শিষ্ট-পাল জয দুষ্ট-বীর ॥ ১ ॥

जय जय जय गौर-सिंह महाधीर जय जय शिष्ट-पाल जय दुष्ट-वीर ॥ १ ॥

jaya jaya jaya gaura-siṃha mahādhīra jaya jaya śiṣṭa-pāla jaya duṣṭa-vīra || 1 ||

jaya jaya jaya gaura-simha mahadhira jaya jaya sista-pala jaya dusta-vira (1)

English translation:

(1) All glories to the most sober lionlike Gaura! All glories to the Lord who maintains the devotees and annihilates the miscreants!

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

To teach tolerance to all restless living entities, Śrī Gaurasiṃha, the giver of kṛṣṇa-prema, has given instructions about service to Kṛṣṇa.

Yadunandana has manifested His supreme opulences by maintaining all the universes.

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