Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.3.260, 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 260 of Antya-khanda chapter 3—“Mahaprabhu’s Deliverance of Sarvabhauma, Exhibition of His Six-armed Form, and Journey to Bengal”.
Verse 3.3.260
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.3.260:
ভক্ত-রক্ষা লাগি’ প্রভু করে অবতার নিরবধি ভক্ত-সঙ্গে করেন বিহার ॥ ২৬০ ॥
भक्त-रक्षा लागि’ प्रभु करे अवतार निरवधि भक्त-सङ्गे करेन विहार ॥ २६० ॥
bhakta-rakṣā lāgi’ prabhu kare avatāra niravadhi bhakta-saṅge karena vihāra || 260 ||
bhakta-raksa lagi’ prabhu kare avatara niravadhi bhakta-sange karena vihara (260)
English translation:
(260) The Lord incarnates to protect His devotees. He always enjoys pastimes with His devotees.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
See Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (10.14.20 and 3.2.15-16).