Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.24.72, 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 72 of Madhya-khanda chapter 24—“The Lord Displays His Universal Form to Advaita”.
Verse 2.24.72
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.24.72:
ভক্তি-যোগ, ভক্তি-যোগ, ভক্তি-যোগ-ধন `ভক্তি’ এই-কৃষ্ণ-নাম-স্মরণ-ক্রন্দন ॥ ৭২ ॥
भक्ति-योग, भक्ति-योग, भक्ति-योग-धन `भक्ति’ एइ-कृष्ण-नाम-स्मरण-क्रन्दन ॥ ७२ ॥
bhakti-yoga, bhakti-yoga, bhakti-yoga-dhana `bhakti’ ei-kṛṣṇa-nāma-smaraṇa-krandana || 72 ||
bhakti-yoga, bhakti-yoga, bhakti-yoga-dhana `bhakti’ ei-krsna-nama-smarana-krandana (72)
English translation:
(72) Devotional service, devotional service, devotional service is the greatest treasure. Devotional service means crying while remembering Kṛṣṇa’s names.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The first bhakti in the phrase bhakti-yoga was written to indicate sambandha (the relationship with God), the second bhakti was written to indicate abhidheya (the activities in that relationship), and the third bhakti was written to indicate prayojana (the goal of life). Devotional service manifests in a heart that has been melted by hearing, chanting, and remembering. If one’s heart is hardened by false arguments or filled with the desire to control, then the propensity for service does not appear. Nondevotional activities manifest perversions in the soul’s constitutional characteristics.