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”.
Verse 3.4.254
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.”