Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.24.24, 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 24 of Madhya-khanda chapter 24—“The Lord Displays His Universal Form to Advaita”.
Verse 2.24.24
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.24.24:
দিবসেরে বলে রাত্রি, রাত্রিরে দিবস এই মত প্রভু হৈলেন ভক্তি বশ ॥ ২৪ ॥
दिवसेरे बले रात्रि, रात्रिरे दिवस एइ मत प्रभु हैलेन भक्ति वश ॥ २४ ॥
divasere bale rātri, rātrire divasa ei mata prabhu hailena bhakti vaśa || 24 ||
divasere bale ratri, ratrire divasa ei mata prabhu hailena bhakti vasa (24)
English translation:
(24) In this way the Lord became so overwhelmed in devotional service that He considered the day as night and the night as day.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
In the Bhagavad-gītā (2.69) it is stated:
yā niśā sarva-bhūtānāṃ tasyāṃ jāgarti saṃyamī yasyāṃ jāgrati bhūtāni sā niśā paśyato muneḥ
“What is night for all beings is the time of awakening for the self- controlled; and the time of awakening for all beings is night for the introspective sage.”