Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.5.417, 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 417 of Antya-khanda chapter 5—“The Pastimes of Nityananda”.
Verse 3.5.417
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.5.417:
সত্য কৃষ্ণ-ভাব হয যাঙ্হার শরীরে অগ্নি-সর্প ব্যাঘ্র তারে লঙ্ঘিতে না পারে ॥ ৪১৭ ॥
सत्य कृष्ण-भाव हय याङ्हार शरीरे अग्नि-सर्प व्याघ्र तारे लङ्घिते ना पारे ॥ ४१७ ॥
satya kṛṣṇa-bhāva haya yāṅhāra śarīre agni-sarpa vyāghra tāre laṅghite nā pāre || 417 ||
satya krsna-bhava haya yanhara sarire agni-sarpa vyaghra tare langhite na pare (417)
English translation:
(417) Fire, snakes, and tigers cannot harm a person who is truly absorbed in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Creatures like snakes and tigers do not harm persons intoxicated with ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa, and fire will not burn them.