Chaitanya Bhagavata

by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.5.465, 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 465 of Antya-khanda chapter 5—“The Pastimes of Nityananda”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.5.465:

অন্যের কি দায, বিষ্ণু-দ্রোহী যে যবন তাহারা ও পাদ-পদ্মে লৈল শরণ ॥ ৪৬৫ ॥

अन्येर कि दाय, विष्णु-द्रोही ये यवन ताहारा ओ पाद-पद्मे लैल शरण ॥ ४६५ ॥

anyera ki dāya, viṣṇu-drohī ye yavana tāhārā o pāda-padme laila śaraṇa || 465 ||

anyera ki daya, visnu-drohi ye yavana tahara o pada-padme laila sarana (465)

English translation:

(465) What to speak of others, even Yavanas who are inimical to Viṣṇu took shelter at His lotus feet.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Yavanas are by nature nondevotees and envious of the Supreme Lord.

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