Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.2.32, 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 32 of Antya-khanda chapter 2—“Description of the Lord’s Travel Through Bhuvaneshvara and Other Placesto Jagannatha Puri”.
Verse 3.2.32
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.2.32:
জীবন-মরণ কৃষ্ণ-ইচ্ছায সে হয বিষ বা অমৃত ভক্ষিলে ও কিছু নয ॥ ৩২ ॥
जीवन-मरण कृष्ण-इच्छाय से हय विष वा अमृत भक्षिले ओ किछु नय ॥ ३२ ॥
jīvana-maraṇa kṛṣṇa-icchāya se haya viṣa vā amṛta bhakṣile o kichu naya || 32 ||
jivana-marana krsna-icchaya se haya visa va amrta bhaksile o kichu naya (32)
English translation:
(32) Life and death depends on the will of Kṛṣṇa Drinking poison or nectar does nothing on its own.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
A person may die in this material world by drinking poison, and a living entity may gain eternal life by drinking nectar. Only by the will of Kṛṣṇa can material objects and spiritual objects award fruits. But if the will of Kṛṣṇa withdraws the power and propensities of those objects, they are unable to award such fruits. The conversation between Umā and Śiva is witness and evidence of this fact.