Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.1.19, 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 19 of Antya-khanda chapter 1—“Meeting Again at the House of Shri Advaita Acarya”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.1.19:

চারি-বেদে ধ্যানে যাঙ্রে দেখিতে দুষ্কর তাঙ্র সঙ্গে সাক্ষাতে নাচযে ন্যাসি-বর ॥ ১৯ ॥

चारि-वेदे ध्याने याङ्रे देखिते दुष्कर ताङ्र सङ्गे साक्षाते नाचये न्यासि-वर ॥ १९ ॥

cāri-vede dhyāne yāṅre dekhite duṣkara tāṅra saṅge sākṣāte nācaye nyāsi-vara || 19 ||

cari-vede dhyane yanre dekhite duskara tanra sange saksate nacaye nyasi-vara (19)

English translation:

(19) The best of the sannyāsīs danced with that personality whom the four

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Vedas are unable to see through meditation.

In the Nārada-pañcarātra (1.1.7 and 1.12.51) it is stated:

stuvanti vedā yaṃśaśvat nāntaṃ jānanti yasya vai taṃ staumi paramānandaṃ sānandaṃ nanda-nandanam

“Even after constantly offering prayers to the Supreme Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Vedas cannot reach the end of His glories. Therefore I offer my obeisances to Nanda’s son, who is the personification of transcendental bliss.”

yadi vedā na jānanti māhātmyaṃ paramātmanaḥna jānima tasya guṇyaṃ vedānusāriṇo vayam

“If the glories of the Supersoul are unknown even to the Vedas, then how can we, the followers of the Vedas, understand Your transcendental qualities?”

See also Kena Upaniṣad (2.1.1).

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