Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.4.286, 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 286 of Antya-khanda chapter 4—“Descriptions of Shri Acyutananda’s Pastimes and the Worship of Shri Madhavendra”.
Verse 3.4.286
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.4.286:
প্রভু বলে,—“এ অন্নের থাকুক ভোজন এ অন্ন দেখিলে হয বন্ধ-বিমোচন ॥ ২৮৬ ॥
प्रभु बले,—“ए अन्नेर थाकुक भोजन ए अन्न देखिले हय बन्ध-विमोचन ॥ २८६ ॥
prabhu bale,—“e annera thākuka bhojana e anna dekhile haya bandha-vimocana || 286 ||
prabhu bale,—“e annera thakuka bhojana e anna dekhile haya bandha-vimocana (286)
English translation:
(286) The Lord said, “What to speak of eating this rice, one is freed from material bondage just by seeing it.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Śrī Śacīdevī cooked twenty varieties of śāka and ten to twenty different preparations from each vegetable, and after placing tulasī mañjarīs on top she offered everything to Viṣṇu. When Gaurasundara saw this offering, He offered obeisances and said, “What to speak of eating these food preparations, anyone who sees them will be freed from the bondage resulting from enjoying this material world. Anyone who smells the divine fragrance of this rice will become inclined to the service of Kṛṣṇa.”