Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.3.532, 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 532 of Antya-khanda chapter 3—“Mahaprabhu’s Deliverance of Sarvabhauma, Exhibition of His Six-armed Form, and Journey to Bengal”.
Verse 3.3.532
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.3.532:
দুই স্থানে ভাগবত-নাম শুনি-মাত্র গ্রন্থ-ভাগবত, আর কৃষ্ণ-কৃপা-পাত্র ॥ ৫৩২ ॥
दुइ स्थाने भागवत-नाम शुनि-मात्र ग्रन्थ-भागवत, आर कृष्ण-कृपा-पात्र ॥ ५३२ ॥
dui sthāne bhāgavata-nāma śuni-mātra grantha-bhāgavata, āra kṛṣṇa-kṛpā-pātra || 532 ||
dui sthane bhagavata-nama suni-matra grantha-bhagavata, ara krsna-krpa-patra (532)
English translation:
(532) There are two types of Bhāgavatas, namely the book Bhāgavata and the person who has attained the mercy of Kṛṣṇa.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
There are two types of Bhāgavatas, namely the book Bhāgavata and the devotee Bhāgavata. One who faithfully recites Śrīmad Bhāgavatam is certainly a devotee Bhāgavata.
In the Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Ādi 1.99) it is stated:
eka bhāgavata baḍa——bhāgavata-śāstra āra bhāgavata——bhakta bhakti-rasa-pātra
“One of the Bhāgavatas is the great scripture Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, and the other is the pure devotee absorbed in the mellows of loving devotion.”