Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.2.10, 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 2—“Description of the Lord’s Travel Through Bhuvaneshvara and Other Placesto Jagannatha Puri”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.2.10:

ভক্ত-গণ বলে,—“প্রভু যে তোমার ইচ্ছা কার শক্তি তাহা করিবারে পারে মিছা ॥ ১০ ॥

भक्त-गण बले,—“प्रभु ये तोमार इच्छा कार शक्ति ताहा करिबारे पारे मिछा ॥ १० ॥

bhakta-gaṇa bale,—“prabhu ye tomāra icchā kāra śakti tāhā karibāre pāre michā || 10 ||

bhakta-gana bale,—“prabhu ye tomara iccha kara sakti taha karibare pare micha (10)

English translation:

(10) The devotees said, “O Lord, do as You wish. Who has the power to make You do otherwise?

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

In the Chāndogya Upaniṣad (3.14.2) the Lord is described as satya- saṅkalpaḥ, “He whose desire always comes to pass.” In the Nārada- pañcarātra (1.12.26) it is stated:

vedānirvacanīyaṃ ca svecchām ayam adhīśvaram nityaṃ satyaṃ nirguṇaṃ ca jyoti-rūpaṃ sanātanam

“The Lord is unapproachable by the Vedas. He is supremely independent, the controller of all, eternal, truthful, transcendental to mundane

qualities, effulgent, and primeval.”

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