Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.1.1, 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 Antya-khanda chapter 1—“Meeting Again at the House of Shri Advaita Acarya”.
Verse 3.1.1
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.1.1:
অবতীর্ণৌ স-কারুণ্যৌ পরিচ্ছিন্নৌ সদ্-ঈশ্বরৌ শ্রী-কৃষ্ণ-চৈতন্য-নিত্যানন্দৌ দ্বৌ ভ্রাতরৌ ভজে ॥ ১ ॥
अवतीर्णौ स-कारुण्यौ परिच्छिन्नौ सद्-ईश्वरौ श्री-कृष्ण-चैतन्य-नित्यानन्दौ द्वौ भ्रातरौ भजे ॥ १ ॥
avatīrṇau sa-kāruṇyau paricchinnau sad-īśvarau śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya-nityānandau dvau bhrātarau bhaje || 1 ||
avatirnau sa-karunyau paricchinnau sad-isvarau sri-krsna-caitanya-nityanandau dvau bhratarau bhaje (1)
English translation:
(1) I worship the two brothers, Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya and Śrī Nityānanda, who have descended in this world as the supreme controllers. They have appeared in covered forms as the embodiments of mercy.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
See Ādi-khaṇḍa, Chapter One, verse 3.