Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.3.41, 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 41 of Antya-khanda chapter 3—“Mahaprabhu’s Deliverance of Sarvabhauma, Exhibition of His Six-armed Form, and Journey to Bengal”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.3.41:

“নিষ্কাম হৈযা করে যে কৃষ্ণ-ভজন তাহারে সে বলি `যোগী’ `সন্ন্যাসী’ লক্ষণ ॥ ৪১ ॥

“निष्काम हैया करे ये कृष्ण-भजन ताहारे से बलि `योगी’ `सन्न्यासी’ लक्षण ॥ ४१ ॥

“niṣkāma haiyā kare ye kṛṣṇa-bhajana tāhāre se bali `yogī’ `sannyāsī’ lakṣaṇa || 41 ||

“niskama haiya kare ye krsna-bhajana tahare se bali `yogi’ `sannyasi’ laksana (41)

English translation:

(41) “One who worships Kṛṣṇa without any selfish desires is called a yogi and a sannyāsī.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

One who gives up the four objectives of life—religiosity, economic development, sense gratification, and liberation—and cultivates devotional service without motives is an actual yogi or sannyāsī.

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