Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.1.214, 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 214 of Antya-khanda chapter 1—“Meeting Again at the House of Shri Advaita Acarya”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.1.214:

পরম সর্ব-জ্ঞ তিঙ্হো অচিন্ত্য-প্রভাব যোগ্য অদ্বৈতের পুত্র সেই মহাভাগ ॥ ২১৪ ॥

परम सर्व-ज्ञ तिङ्हो अचिन्त्य-प्रभाव योग्य अद्वैतेर पुत्र सेइ महाभाग ॥ २१४ ॥

parama sarva-jña tiṅho acintya-prabhāva yogya advaitera putra sei mahābhāga || 214 ||

parama sarva-jna tinho acintya-prabhava yogya advaitera putra sei mahabhaga (214)

English translation:

(214) He was all-knowing, and his glories were inconceivable. He was most fortunate, being the qualified son of Advaita.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

In the Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad (1.1.9) it is stated: yaḥ sarva-jñaḥ sarva-vid yasya jñāna-mayaṃ tapaḥ—“He who is all-knowing, from whom the potency of all knowledge comes—He is the wisest of all.” In the Kūrma Purāṇa it is stated: sarva-jñaḥ sarva-vijñānāt sarvaḥ sarva-mayo yataḥ—“He is sarva-jña because He has realized knowledge of everything, and He is sarva because He contains everything.”

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