Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.2.277, 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 277 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 3.2.277:

রেমুণায দেখি’ নিজ-মূর্তি গোপীনাথ বিস্তর করিলা নৃত্য ভক্ত-বর্গ সাথ ॥ ২৭৭ ॥

रेमुणाय देखि’ निज-मूर्ति गोपीनाथ विस्तर करिला नृत्य भक्त-वर्ग साथ ॥ २७७ ॥

remuṇāya dekhi’ nija-mūrti gopīnātha vistara karilā nṛtya bhakta-varga sātha || 277 ||

remunaya dekhi’ nija-murti gopinatha vistara karila nrtya bhakta-varga satha (277)

English translation:

(277) When the Lord saw His own form of Gopīnātha at Remuṇā, He danced in ecstasy with the devotees.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Mahāprabhu personally danced before the Deity of Gopīnātha to teach the etiquette of worship to the devotees. Since Śrī Gopīnātha is the arcā- vigraha of Gaurasundara, the phrase nija-mūrti gopīnātha—“His own form of Gopīnātha,” has been used. Śrī Caitanyadeva is directly Gopīnātha, the son of Nanda Mahārāja. Gauḍīya-nātha and Gopīnātha are the same. Both are the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Although they respectively display magnanimous and sweet pastimes, they are one. The form of Gaurasundara cannot be called a separate manifestation of Śrī Gopīnātha.

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