Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.5.480, 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 5—“The Pastimes of Nityananda”.
Verse 3.5.480
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.5.480:
তুমি সে বুঝাও চৈতন্যের প্রেম-ভক্তি তুমি সে চৈতন্য-বৃক্ষে ধর পূর্ণ-শক্তি ॥ ৪৮০ ॥
तुमि से बुझाओ चैतन्येर प्रेम-भक्ति तुमि से चैतन्य-वृक्षे धर पूर्ण-शक्ति ॥ ४८० ॥
tumi se bujhāo caitanyera prema-bhakti tumi se caitanya-vṛkṣe dhara pūrṇa-śakti || 480 ||
tumi se bujhao caitanyera prema-bhakti tumi se caitanya-vrkse dhara purna-sakti (480)
English translation:
(480) “You propagate Lord Caitanya’s devotional service in ecstatic love. You are the fully empowered branch of the tree of Lord Caitanya.