Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.4.55, 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 55 of Antya-khanda chapter 4—“Descriptions of Shri Acyutananda’s Pastimes and the Worship of Shri Madhavendra”.
Verse 3.4.55
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.4.55:
হিন্দু যাঙ্রে বলে `কৃষ্ণ’, `খোদায’ যবনে সে-ই তিঙ্হো, নিশ্চয জানিহ সর্ব-জনে ॥ ৫৫ ॥
हिन्दु याङ्रे बले `कृष्ण’, `खोदाय’ यवने से-इ तिङ्हो, निश्चय जानिह सर्व-जने ॥ ५५ ॥
hindu yāṅre bale `kṛṣṇa’, `khodāya’ yavane se-i tiṅho, niścaya jāniha sarva-jane || 55 ||
hindu yanre bale `krsna’, `khodaya’ yavane se-i tinho, niscaya janiha sarva-jane (55)
English translation:
(55) “Know for certain that He is the same personality whom the Hindus address as Kṛṣṇa and the Yavanas address as Khodā.