Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.3.406, 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 406 of Antya-khanda chapter 3—“Mahaprabhu’s Deliverance of Sarvabhauma, Exhibition of His Six-armed Form, and Journey to Bengal”.
Verse 3.3.406
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.3.406:
স্বচ্ছন্দ পরমানন্দ তুমি মহাশয সর্ব কর্ম তোমার আপন ইচ্ছা-ময ॥ ৪০৬ ॥
स्वच्छन्द परमानन्द तुमि महाशय सर्व कर्म तोमार आपन इच्छा-मय ॥ ४०६ ॥
svacchanda paramānanda tumi mahāśaya sarva karma tomāra āpana icchā-maya || 406 ||
svacchanda paramananda tumi mahasaya sarva karma tomara apana iccha-maya (406)
English translation:
(406) “You are fully independent and always filled with ecstasy. All of Your activities are performed according to Your own sweet will.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word svacchanda means “independent” or “by one’s own will.” In the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (10.14.2) it is stated:
asyāpi deva vapuṣo mad-anugrahasya svecchā-mayasya na tu bhūta-mayasya ko ‘pi
“My dear Lord, You have appeared in this transcendental body of Yours to show mercy on me and to fulfill the desires of Your pure devotees.” In the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (10.14.32) it is stated:
aho bhāgyam aho bhāgyaṃ nanda-gopa-vrajaukasām yan-mitraṃ paramānandaṃ pūrṇaṃ brahma sanātanam
“How greatly fortunate are Nanda Mahārāja, the cowherd men, and all the other inhabitants of Vrajabhūmi! There is no limit to their good fortune, because the Absolute Truth, the source of transcendental bliss, the eternal Supreme Brahman, has become their friend.”