Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.3.171, 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 171 of Antya-khanda chapter 3—“Mahaprabhu’s Deliverance of Sarvabhauma, Exhibition of His Six-armed Form, and Journey to Bengal”.
Verse 3.3.171
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.3.171:
আজি ধন্য লোচন, সফল ধন্য জন্ম সফল আমার আজি হৈল সর্ব ধর্ম” ॥ ১৭১ ॥
आजि धन्य लोचन, सफल धन्य जन्म सफल आमार आजि हैल सर्व धर्म” ॥ १७१ ॥
āji dhanya locana, saphala dhanya janma saphala āmāra āji haila sarva dharma” || 171 ||
aji dhanya locana, saphala dhanya janma saphala amara aji haila sarva dharma” (171)
English translation:
(171) “Today My eyes and My life have become successful. Today all My religious activities have become fruitful.”
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
In this regard one should see Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (10.84.9-10 and 10.84.21). In Śrī Hari-bhakti-sudhodaya (13.2) it is stated:
akṣṇoḥ phalaṃ tvādṛśa-darśanaṃ hi tanoḥ phalaṃ tvādṛśa-gātra-saṅgaḥ
jihvā-phalaṃ tvādṛśa-kīrtanaṃ hi su-durlabhā bhāgavatā hi loke
“My dear Vaiṣṇava, seeing a person like you is the perfection of one’s eyesight, touching your lotus feet is the perfection of the sense of touch, and glorifying your good qualities is the tongue’s real activity, for in the material world it is very difficult to find a pure devotee of the Lord.” In the Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Madhya 20.60) Caitanya Mahāprabhu has declared:
tomā dekhi, tomā sparśi, gāi tomāra guṇa sarvendriya-phala,——ei śāstra-nirūpaṇa
“By seeing you, by touching you, and by glorifying your transcendental qualities, one can perfect the purpose of all sense activity. This is the verdict of the revealed scriptures.