Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.28.61, 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 61 of Madhya-khanda chapter 28—“The Lord’s Pastime of Accepting Sannyasa”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.28.61:

পৃথিবী-স্বরূপা হৈলাশচী জগন্-মাতাকে বুঝিবে কৃষ্ণের অচিন্ত্য-লীলা-কথা ॥ ৬১ ॥

पृथिवी-स्वरूपा हैलाशची जगन्-माताके बुझिबे कृष्णेर अचिन्त्य-लीला-कथा ॥ ६१ ॥

pṛthivī-svarūpā hailāśacī jagan-mātāke bujhibe kṛṣṇera acintya-līlā-kathā || 61 ||

prthivi-svarupa hailasaci jagan-matake bujhibe krsnera acintya-lila-katha (61)

English translation:

(61) Thus Śacī, the mother of the universe, became as grave and quiet as mother earth. Who can understand the inconceivable pastimes of Kṛṣṇa?

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Becoming like the earth, Śrī Śacīdevī became the upādāna-kāraṇa, or ingredient cause, of Śrī Gaurasundara’s Deity form. The āśraya-vigrahas of śānta, dāsya, sakhya, and vātsalya rasas keep a distance from the viṣaya-vigraha, but the āśraya-vigrahas of madhura-rasa sit on the same seat with the viṣaya-vigraha.

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