Chaitanya Bhagavata

by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.4.254, 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 254 of Antya-khanda chapter 4—“Descriptions of Shri Acyutananda’s Pastimes and the Worship of Shri Madhavendra”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.4.254:

কোটি-দাস-দাসেরো যে সম্বন্ধে তোমার সেই জন প্রাণ হৈতে বল্লভ আমার ॥ ২৫৪ ॥

कोटि-दास-दासेरो ये सम्बन्धे तोमार सेइ जन प्राण हैते वल्लभ आमार ॥ २५४ ॥

koṭi-dāsa-dāsero ye sambandhe tomāra sei jana prāṇa haite vallabha āmāra || 254 ||

koti-dasa-dasero ye sambandhe tomara sei jana prana haite vallabha amara (254)

English translation:

(254) “If the servant of the servant of the servant a million times removed is related to you, he is more dear to Me than My own life.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Considering the relationship of the Supreme Lord’s innumerable servants and maidservants with His mother, Śrī Gaurasundara said, “Because of that relationship, they are extremely dear to Me.”

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