Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.4.171, 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 171 of Antya-khanda chapter 4—“Descriptions of Shri Acyutananda’s Pastimes and the Worship of Shri Madhavendra”.
Verse 3.4.171
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.4.171:
বাপ তুমি,—তোমা’ হৈতে শিখিবাঙ কোথা শিক্ষা-গুরু হৈ’ কেন বোলহ অন্যথা” ॥ ১৭১ ॥
बाप तुमि,—तोमा’ हैते शिखिबाङ कोथा शिक्षा-गुरु है’ केन बोलह अन्यथा” ॥ १७१ ॥
bāpa tumi,—tomā’ haite śikhibāṅa kothā śikṣā-guru hai’ kena bolaha anyathā” || 171 ||
bapa tumi,—toma’ haite sikhibana kotha siksa-guru hai’ kena bolaha anyatha” (171)
English translation:
(171) “You are my father and instructing spiritual master, so how can You speak something other than the actual truth?”
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Śrī Acyutānanda said, “You are my father and my instructing spiritual master. I am supposed to learn the truth from You. So how can You say that Śrī Caitanya, the Lord and shelter of all living entities, has a guru? The Supreme Lord is the spiritual master of everyone; no one is His guru.”