Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.4.100, 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 100 of Antya-khanda chapter 4—“Descriptions of Shri Acyutananda’s Pastimes and the Worship of Shri Madhavendra”.
Verse 3.4.100
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.4.100:
যাঙ্হার শক্তিতে জীব বল করি’ চলে পরং-ব্রহ্ম নিত্য-শুদ্ধ’ যাঙ্রে বেদে বলে ॥ ১০০ ॥
याङ्हार शक्तिते जीव बल करि’ चले परं-ब्रह्म नित्य-शुद्ध’ याङ्रे वेदे बले ॥ १०० ॥
yāṅhāra śaktite jīva bala kari’ cale paraṃ-brahma nitya-śuddha’ yāṅre vede bale || 100 ||
yanhara saktite jiva bala kari’ cale param-brahma nitya-suddha’ yanre vede bale (100)
English translation:
(100) The living entities survive simply by His potencies. The Vedas glorify Him as the eternally pure Supreme Brahman.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
In the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (7.8.7) it is stated: sa vai balaṃ balināṃ cāpareṣām—“He is not only your strength or mine, but the only strength for everyone.”