Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.5.483, 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 483 of Antya-khanda chapter 5—“The Pastimes of Nityananda”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.5.483-484:

পতিত-পাবন তুমি দোষ-দৃষ্টি-শূন্য তোমারে সে জানে যার আছে বহু পুণ্য সর্ব-যজ্ঞ-ময এই বিগ্রহ তোমার অবিদ্যা-বন্ধন খণ্ডে স্মরণে যাঙ্হার ॥ ৪৮৩-৪৮৪ ॥

पतित-पावन तुमि दोष-दृष्टि-शून्य तोमारे से जाने यार आछे बहु पुण्य सर्व-यज्ञ-मय एइ विग्रह तोमार अविद्या-बन्धन खण्डे स्मरणे याङ्हार ॥ ४८३-४८४ ॥

patita-pāvana tumi doṣa-dṛṣṭi-śūnya tomāre se jāne yāra āche bahu puṇya sarva-yajña-maya ei vigraha tomāra avidyā-bandhana khaṇḍe smaraṇe yāṅhāra || 483-484 ||

patita-pavana tumi dosa-drsti-sunya tomare se jane yara ache bahu punya sarva-yajna-maya ei vigraha tomara avidya-bandhana khande smarane yanhara (483-484)

English translation:

(483-484) “You are the deliverer of the fallen souls. You do not find faults in others. Only a person who has heaps of piety can understand You. You are the personification of all sacrifice. Simply by remembering You, all bondage of ignorance is destroyed.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

While glorifying Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu, Śrī Advaita Prabhu said, “You are the deliverer of the fallen souls, and You do not find any faults in the distressed. No one other than the most pious person can understand You. You are the personification of all sacrifice. Simply by remembering You, all bondage of ignorance is destroyed.”

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