Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.2.17, 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 17 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 3.2.17:

যত বিঘ্ন আছে সর্ব কিঙ্কর তোমার তোমারে করিতে বিঘ্ন শক্তি আছে কার ॥ ১৭ ॥

यत विघ्न आछे सर्व किङ्कर तोमार तोमारे करिते विघ्न शक्ति आछे कार ॥ १७ ॥

yata vighna āche sarva kiṅkara tomāra tomāre karite vighna śakti āche kāra || 17 ||

yata vighna ache sarva kinkara tomara tomare karite vighna sakti ache kara (17)

English translation:

(17) “All obstacles are Your servants. Therefore who has the power to

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

place obstacles before You?

In the Brahma-saṃhitā (5.50) it is stated:

yat-pāda-pallava-yugaṃ vinidhāya kumbha- dvandve praṇāma-samaye sa gaṇādhirājaḥ

vighnān vihantum alam asya jagat-trayasya govindam ādi-puruṣaṃ tam ahaṃ bhajāmi

“I worship the primeval Lord, Govinda. Gaṇeśa always holds His lotus feet upon the pair of tumuli protruding from his elephant head in order to obtain power for his function of destroying all obstacles on the path of progress in the three worlds.” In the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (11.4.10) it is stated:

tvāṃ sevatāṃ sura-kṛtā bahavo ‘ntarāyāḥ svauko vilaṅghya paramaṃ vrajatāṃ padaṃ te nānyasya barhiṣi balīn dadataḥ sva-bhāgān dhatte padaṃ tvam avitā yadi vighna-mūrdhni

“The demigods place many obstacles on the path of those who worship You to transcend the temporary abodes of the demigods and reach Your supreme abode. Those who offer the demigods their assigned shares in sacrificial performances encounter no such obstacles. But because You are the direct protector of Your devotee, he is able to step over the head of whatever obstacle the demigods place before him.”

One should also discuss Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.1.14 and 10.2.33.

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