Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.25.1, 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 25—“The Discourse on Spiritual Knowledge by Shrivasa’s Dead Son”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.25.1:

জয জয সর্ব-লোক-নাথ গৌরচন্দ্র জয বিপ্র-বেদ-ধর্ম-ন্যাসীর মহেন্দ্র ॥ ১ ॥

जय जय सर्व-लोक-नाथ गौरचन्द्र जय विप्र-वेद-धर्म-न्यासीर महेन्द्र ॥ १ ॥

jaya jaya sarva-loka-nātha gauracandra jaya vipra-veda-dharma-nyāsīra mahendra || 1 ||

jaya jaya sarva-loka-natha gauracandra jaya vipra-veda-dharma-nyasira mahendra (1)

English translation:

(1) All glories to Gauracandra, the Lord of all universes! All glories to the Lord of the brāhmaṇas, the Vedas, the eternal religious principles, and the sannyāsīs!

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The phrase sarva-loka-nātha is explained as follows: The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Gaurasundara, is the ultimate worshipable Deity for the controllers of the fourteen worlds, and He is the ultimate Lord and master of all universes.

The phrase vipra-mahendra is explained as follows: When the living entity, the marginal potency of the Supreme Lord, displays some prominence, he is addressed as Indra. The vipras, or brāhmaṇas, are the spiritual masters of all other castes. Among the vipras, one who is Indra is supreme.

The phrase veda-mahendra refers to the best of the Indras among the personified Vedas. Regarding the phrase dharma-mahendra, the four goals of life—religiosity, economic development, sense gratification, and liberation—are like Indras. Above them is the personification of eternal religious principles—the inaugurator of devotional service to Adhokṣaja. The phrase nyāsi-mahendra is explained as follows: Karmi-sannyāsīs, jñāni-sannyāsīs, and yogi-sannyāsīs are compared to Indras. Since Śrī Gaurasundara is the revealer of both the futility of phalgu-vairāgya, or false renunciation, and the superiority of yukta-vairāgya, He is nyāsi- mahendra.

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