Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.3.75, 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 75 of Antya-khanda chapter 3—“Mahaprabhu’s Deliverance of Sarvabhauma, Exhibition of His Six-armed Form, and Journey to Bengal”.
Verse 3.3.75
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.3.75:
হাসে প্রভু সার্বভৌমে চাহিযা চাহিযানা বুঝেন সার্বভৌম মাযা-মুগ্ধ হৈযা ॥ ৭৫ ॥
हासे प्रभु सार्वभौमे चाहिया चाहियाना बुझेन सार्वभौम माया-मुग्ध हैया ॥ ७५ ॥
hāse prabhu sārvabhaume cāhiyā cāhiyānā bujhena sārvabhauma māyā-mugdha haiyā || 75 ||
hase prabhu sarvabhaume cahiya cahiyana bujhena sarvabhauma maya-mugdha haiya (75)
English translation:
(75) The Lord smiled as He looked at Sārvabhauma, yet Sārvabhauma could not understand the Lord’s words, for he was bewildered by the Lord’s illusory energy.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
In the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (8.20.28) it is stated:
chāyāsu mṛtyuṃ hasite ca māyāṃ tanū-ruheṣv oṣadhi-jātayaś ca
“On His shadow was death, in His smile was the illusory energy, and on the hairs of His body were all the drugs and herbs.”
In the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (2.1.31) it is stated:
chandāṃsy anantasya śiro gṛṇanti daṃṣṭrā yamaḥ sneha-kalā dvijāni hāso janonmāda-karī ca māyā
duranta-sargo yad-apāṅga-mokṣaḥ
“The most alluring illusory material energy is His smile. This great ocean of material creation is but the casting of His glance over us.”