Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.2.457, 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 457 of Antya-khanda chapter 2—“Description of the Lord’s Travel Through Bhuvaneshvara and Other Placesto Jagannatha Puri”.
Verse 3.2.457
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.2.457:
যার কীর্তি-মাত্র সর্ব বেদে ব্যাখ্যা করে অনাযাসে সে ঈশ্বর আইলা মন্দিরে ॥ ৪৫৭ ॥
यार कीर्ति-मात्र सर्व वेदे व्याख्या करे अनायासे से ईश्वर आइला मन्दिरे ॥ ४५७ ॥
yāra kīrti-mātra sarva vede vyākhyā kare anāyāse se īśvara āilā mandire || 457 ||
yara kirti-matra sarva vede vyakhya kare anayase se isvara aila mandire (457)
English translation:
(457) The Lord, whose glories are described in the Vedas, has now personally come to his house.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
In the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (6.4.25) it is stated:
sarvaṃ pumān veda guṇāṃś ca taj-jño na veda sarva-jñam anantam īḍe
“Although the living being may know the qualities of material nature, he is unable to see the Supreme Being, who is omniscient and unlimited. I therefore offer my respectful obeisances unto Him.” In the Mahābhārata (Svargārohaṇa-parva 6.93) and in the Hari-vaṃśa (Bhaviṣyat-parva 132.95) it is stated:
vede rāmāyaṇe caiva purāṇe bhārate tathā ādāv ante ca madhye ca
“In the Vedic literature, including the Rāmāyaṇa, Purāṇas, and Mahābhārata, from the very beginning (ādau) to the end (ante ca), as well as within the middle (madhye ca), only Hari, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is explained.”