Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.3.259, 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 259 of Antya-khanda chapter 3—“Mahaprabhu’s Deliverance of Sarvabhauma, Exhibition of His Six-armed Form, and Journey to Bengal”.
Verse 3.3.259
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.3.259:
ঈশ্বর সে জানে ভক্ত-মহিমা বাডা’তে হেন প্রভু না ভজে কৃতঘ্ন কোন মতে ॥ ২৫৯ ॥
ईश्वर से जाने भक्त-महिमा बाडा’ते हेन प्रभु ना भजे कृतघ्न कोन मते ॥ २५९ ॥
īśvara se jāne bhakta-mahimā bāḍā’te hena prabhu nā bhaje kṛtaghna kona mate || 259 ||
isvara se jane bhakta-mahima bada’te hena prabhu na bhaje krtaghna kona mate (259)
English translation:
(259) Only the Supreme Lord knows how to increase the glories of His devotees. Therefore only an ungrateful person fails to worship Him.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
See Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (3.4.17 and 10.48.26).