Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.4.432, 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 432 of Antya-khanda chapter 4—“Descriptions of Shri Acyutananda’s Pastimes and the Worship of Shri Madhavendra”.
Verse 3.4.432
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.4.432:
নিরন্তর পডাযেন গীতা-ভাগবত ভক্তি বাখানেন মাত্র—গ্রন্থের যে মত ॥ ৪৩২ ॥
निरन्तर पडायेन गीता-भागवत भक्ति वाखानेन मात्र—ग्रन्थेर ये मत ॥ ४३२ ॥
nirantara paḍāyena gītā-bhāgavata bhakti vākhānena mātra—granthera ye mata || 432 ||
nirantara padayena gita-bhagavata bhakti vakhanena matra—granthera ye mata (432)
English translation:
(432) He constantly taught Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad Bhāgavatam. He taught that devotional service was the purport of these two literatures.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Māyāvādīs averse to the Lord’s service do not discuss Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, and they cannot understand the purport of Bhagavad-gītā. Therefore Śrī Advaita Prabhu gave the karmis, yogis, and Māyāvādīs an opportunity to hear explanations of Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad Bhāgavatam based on devotional service. Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad Bhāgavatam never recommend any path other than devotional service.
Because people averse to the mellows of devotional service do not understand this, they consider Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad Bhāgavatam as literatures averse to the principles of devotional service. Actually the only aim of Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad Bhāgavatam is to make all living entities inclined to Kṛṣṇa.