Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.3.257, 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 257 of Antya-khanda chapter 3—“Mahaprabhu’s Deliverance of Sarvabhauma, Exhibition of His Six-armed Form, and Journey to Bengal”.
Verse 3.3.257
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.3.257:
সকৃত্ যে দেখে পুরী গোসাঞিরে মাত্র সেহ হৈবেক শ্রী-কৃষ্ণের প্রেম-পাত্র” ॥ ২৫৭ ॥
सकृत् ये देखे पुरी गोसाञिरे मात्र सेह हैबेक श्री-कृष्णेर प्रेम-पात्र” ॥ २५७ ॥
sakṛt ye dekhe purī gosāñire mātra seha haibeka śrī-kṛṣṇera prema-pātra” || 257 ||
sakrt ye dekhe puri gosanire matra seha haibeka sri-krsnera prema-patra” (257)
English translation:
(257) “Anyone who sees Purī Gosvāmī even once will become qualified to attain love for Kṛṣṇa.”
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word sakṛt means “one time.”