Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.1.10, 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 10 of Antya-khanda chapter 1—“Meeting Again at the House of Shri Advaita Acarya”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.1.10:

শ্বাস, হাস, স্বেদ, কম্প, পুলক, হুঙ্কার না জানি কতেক হয অনন্ত বিকার ॥ ১০ ॥

श्वास, हास, स्वेद, कम्प, पुलक, हुङ्कार ना जानि कतेक हय अनन्त विकार ॥ १० ॥

śvāsa, hāsa, sveda, kampa, pulaka, huṅkāra nā jāni kateka haya ananta vikāra || 10 ||

svasa, hasa, sveda, kampa, pulaka, hunkara na jani kateka haya ananta vikara (10)

English translation:

(10) It is impossible to describe the unlimited transformations of ecstatic love like heavy breathing, laughing, perspiring, trembling, hairs standing on end, and roaring that manifest in the Lord.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Another reading of sveda is prema, and another reading of ananta

(“unlimited”) is premera (“of love”).

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