Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.2.473, 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 473 of Antya-khanda chapter 2—“Description of the Lord’s Travel Through Bhuvaneshvara and Other Placesto Jagannatha Puri”.
Verse 3.2.473
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.2.473:
অচিন্ত্য অগম্য গৌরচন্দ্রের চরিত তিন-প্রহরে ও বাহ্য নহে কদাচিত ॥ ৪৭৩ ॥
अचिन्त्य अगम्य गौरचन्द्रेर चरित तिन-प्रहरे ओ बाह्य नहे कदाचित ॥ ४७३ ॥
acintya agamya gauracandrera carita tina-prahare o bāhya nahe kadācita || 473 ||
acintya agamya gauracandrera carita tina-prahare o bahya nahe kadacita (473)
English translation:
(473) The characteristics of Gauracandra are inconceivable and unfathomable. He did not regain external consciousness even after nine hours.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
In this regard one should see Madhvācārya’s commentary on the Vedānta-sūtra (1.1.10). In the Mahābhārata (Śānti-parva 207.49) it is stated:
evam esa mahābāhuḥ keśavaḥ satya-vikramaḥ acintya-puṇḍarīkākṣo naiṣa kevala-mānuṣaḥ
“O Yudhiṣṭhira, this most powerful, lotus-eyed Keśava is the inconceivable Personality of Godhead. No one should consider Him an ordinary human being.”