Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.7.36, 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 36 of Antya-khanda chapter 7—“Pastimes in Shri Gadadhara’s Garden”.
Verse 3.7.36
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.7.36:
কি অদ্ভুত প্রেম-ভক্তি হৈল প্রকাশ নযন ভরিযা দেখে যে একান্ত-দাস ॥ ৩৬ ॥
कि अद्भुत प्रेम-भक्ति हैल प्रकाश नयन भरिया देखे ये एकान्त-दास ॥ ३६ ॥
ki adbhuta prema-bhakti haila prakāśa nayana bhariyā dekhe ye ekānta-dāsa || 36 ||
ki adbhuta prema-bhakti haila prakasa nayana bhariya dekhe ye ekanta-dasa (36)
English translation:
(36) Such wonderful ecstatic devotional love is seen by an unalloyed servant of the Lord to his full satisfaction.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The phrase ekānta-dāsa, or unalloyed servants, refers to those who do not have and never will have separate interests. Many business-minded people with incomplete vision oppose the eternal master-servant relationship—their service is hardly unalloyed. Their deceitful display of opportunistic service is a manifestation of cheating, not of pure devotional service. Living entities averse to the service of the Lord exhibit samples of eternal service for as long as it suits their desires. But the moment their sense gratification is disturbed, they immediately give up service and begin to harass and rebel against their master by posing themselves as masters.