Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.2.242, 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 242 of Antya-khanda chapter 2—“Description of the Lord’s Travel Through Bhuvaneshvara and Other Placesto Jagannatha Puri”.
Verse 3.2.242
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.2.242:
শিবের গৌরব বুঝাযেন গৌরচন্দ্র এতেকে শঙ্কর-প্রিয সর্ব ভক্ত-বৃন্দ ॥ ২৪২ ॥
शिवेर गौरव बुझायेन गौरचन्द्र एतेके शङ्कर-प्रिय सर्व भक्त-वृन्द ॥ २४२ ॥
śivera gaurava bujhāyena gauracandra eteke śaṅkara-priya sarva bhakta-vṛnda || 242 ||
sivera gaurava bujhayena gauracandra eteke sankara-priya sarva bhakta-vrnda (242)
English translation:
(242) In this way Gauracandra revealed the glories of Śiva. That is why Śaṅkara is dear to all the devotees.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
In the Mahābhārata (Bhīṣma-parva 5.12) it is stated: prakṛtibhyaḥ paraṃ yac ca tad acintyasya lakṣaṇam—“That which is transcendental to material nature is called inconceivable.” In the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (12.13.16) it is stated:
nimna-gānāṃ yathā gaṅgā devānām acyuto yathā vaiṣṇavānāṃ yathā śambhuḥ purāṇānām idam tathā
“Just as the Gaṅgā is the greatest of all rivers, Lord Acyuta the supreme among deities, and Lord Śambhu [Śiva] the greatest of Vaiṣṇavas, so Śrīmad Bhāgavatam is the greatest of all Purāṇas.”