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”.
Verse 2.24.1
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.