Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.4.480, 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 480 of Antya-khanda chapter 4—“Descriptions of Shri Acyutananda’s Pastimes and the Worship of Shri Madhavendra”.
Verse 3.4.480
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.4.480:
শ্রী-বদনে কৃষ্ণচন্দ্র বোলেন আপনে “শিব যে না পূজে, সে বা মোরে পূজে কেনে? ॥ ৪৮০ ॥
श्री-वदने कृष्णचन्द्र बोलेन आपने “शिव ये ना पूजे, से वा मोरे पूजे केने? ॥ ४८० ॥
śrī-vadane kṛṣṇacandra bolena āpane “śiva ye nā pūje, se vā more pūje kene? || 480 ||
sri-vadane krsnacandra bolena apane “siva ye na puje, se va more puje kene? (480)
English translation:
(480) Lord Kṛṣṇacandra has declared with His own mouth, “Why would anyone who does not worship Śiva worship Me?