Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.7.79, 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 79 of Antya-khanda chapter 7—“Pastimes in Shri Gadadhara’s Garden”.
Verse 3.7.79
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.7.79:
সুকোমল দুর্বিজ্ঞেয ঈশ্বর হৃদয বেদ-শাস্ত্রে ব্রহ্মা, শিব সব এই কয ॥ ৭৯ ॥
सुकोमल दुर्विज्ञेय ईश्वर हृदय वेद-शास्त्रे ब्रह्मा, शिव सब एइ कय ॥ ७९ ॥
sukomala durvijñeya īśvara hṛdaya veda-śāstre brahmā, śiva saba ei kaya || 79 ||
sukomala durvijneya isvara hrdaya veda-sastre brahma, siva saba ei kaya (79)
English translation:
(79) The heart of the Supreme Lord is very soft and difficult to understand. This is confirmed in the Vedic literatures by Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
In the Uttara Rāma-carita (3.23) it is stated:
vajrād api kaṭhorāṇi mṛdūni kusumād api lokottarāṇāṃ cetāṃsi ko hi vijñātum īśvaraḥ
“The hearts of those above common behavior are sometimes harder than a thunderbolt and sometimes softer than a flower. How can one accommodate such contradictions in great personalities?”