Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.26.64, 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 64 of Madhya-khanda chapter 26—“Descriptions of the Mercy Bestowed on Shuklambara and Vijay and the Lord’s Desire to Accept Sannyasa”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.26.64:

এই মত যত অবতার সে-সকল সব রূপ হয প্রভু করি’ ভাব-ছল ॥ ৬৪ ॥

एइ मत यत अवतार से-सकल सब रूप हय प्रभु करि’ भाव-छल ॥ ६४ ॥

ei mata yata avatāra se-sakala saba rūpa haya prabhu kari’ bhāva-chala || 64 ||

ei mata yata avatara se-sakala saba rupa haya prabhu kari’ bhava-chala (64)

English translation:

(64) In this way the Lord assumed the forms and manifested the sentiments of His various incarnations on some pretext or other.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

In the Gīta-govinda it is stated:

vedān uddharate jaganti vahate bhū-golam udbibhrate daityaṃ dārayate baliṃ chalayate kṣatra-kṣayaṃ kurvate

paulastyaṃ jayate halaṃ kalayate kāruṇyam ātanvate mlecchān mūrchayate daśakṛti-kṛte kṛṣṇāya tubhyaṃ namaḥ

“O Lord Kṛṣṇa, I offer my obeisances unto You, who appear in the forms of these ten incarnations. In the form of Matsya You rescue the Vedas, and as Kūrma You bear the Mandara Mountain on Your back. As Varāha You lift the earth with Your tusk, and in the form of Narasiṃha You tear open the chest of the daitya Hiraṇyakaśipu. In the form of Vāmana You trick the daitya king Bali by asking him for only three steps of land, and

then You take away the whole universe from him by expanding Your steps. As Paraśurāma You slay all of the wicked kṣatriyas, and as Rāmacandra You conquer the rākṣasa king Rāvaṇa. In the form of Balarāma You carry a plow with which You subdue the wicked and draw toward You the River Yamunā. As Lord Buddha You show compassion toward all the living beings suffering in this world, and at the end of the Kali-yuga You appear as Kalki to bewilder the mlecchas [degraded low- class men].”

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