Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.4.485, 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 485 of Antya-khanda chapter 4—“Descriptions of Shri Acyutananda’s Pastimes and the Worship of Shri Madhavendra”.
Verse 3.4.485
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.4.485:
হেন `শিব’ অদ্বৈতেরে বলে সাধু-জনে সেহ শ্রী-চৈতন্যচন্দ্র-ইঙ্গিত-কারণে ॥ ৪৮৫ ॥
हेन `शिव’ अद्वैतेरे बले साधु-जने सेह श्री-चैतन्यचन्द्र-इङ्गित-कारणे ॥ ४८५ ॥
hena `śiva’ advaitere bale sādhu-jane seha śrī-caitanyacandra-iṅgita-kāraṇe || 485 ||
hena `siva’ advaitere bale sadhu-jane seha sri-caitanyacandra-ingita-karane (485)
English translation:
(485) Because of Lord Caitanya’s indication, Advaita is accepted by saintly persons as that Śiva.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Śrī Caitanyadeva has revealed that Śrī Advaita Prabhu is viṣṇu-tattva as the upādāna-kāraṇa (ingredient cause of creation), or the pure Maheśa- tattva. That is why the devotees accept Śrī Advaita Prabhu as equal to the Supreme Lord. The reason that unalloyed Vaiṣṇavas do not see or associate with Rudra is because the acceptance of Rudra as the Supreme Lord independent of the Supreme Lord is certainly an offense against the holy names. If one accepts Śiva as only a guṇa-avatāra and not as a devotee of the Supreme Lord, he commits a grave offense.
TEXT 486