Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.5.418, 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 418 of Antya-khanda chapter 5—“The Pastimes of Nityananda”.
Verse 3.5.418-419
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.5.418-419:
ব্রহ্মাদির অভীষ্ট যে সব কৃষ্ণ-ভাব গোপী-গণে ব্যক্ত যে সকল অনুরাগ ইঙ্গিতে সে সব ভাব নিত্যানন্দ-রায দিলেন সকল প্রিয-গণেরে কৃপায ॥ ৪১৮-৪১৯ ॥
ब्रह्मादिर अभीष्ट ये सब कृष्ण-भाव गोपी-गणे व्यक्त ये सकल अनुराग इङ्गिते से सब भाव नित्यानन्द-राय दिलेन सकल प्रिय-गणेरे कृपाय ॥ ४१८-४१९ ॥
brahmādira abhīṣṭa ye saba kṛṣṇa-bhāva gopī-gaṇe vyakta ye sakala anurāga iṅgite se saba bhāva nityānanda-rāya dilena sakala priya-gaṇere kṛpāya || 418-419 ||
brahmadira abhista ye saba krsna-bhava gopi-gane vyakta ye sakala anuraga ingite se saba bhava nityananda-raya dilena sakala priya-ganere krpaya (418-419)
English translation:
(418-419) Out of His causeless mercy Lord Nityānanda freely distributed to His dear associates the love for Kṛṣṇa that is desired by personalities like Brahmā and the attachment to Kṛṣṇa displayed by the gopīs.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Demigods headed by Brahmā cannot understand the gopīs’ cultivation of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. But Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu mercifully and freely gave His own servants the gopīs’ attachment to Kṛṣṇa, which is rare for even personalities like Brahmā.
