Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.8.148, 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 148 of Antya-khanda chapter 8—“Mahaprabhu’s Water Sports in Narendra- sarovara”.
Verse 3.8.148
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.8.148:
মালা লয প্রভু মহাভয-ভক্তি করি’ শিক্ষা-গুরু নারাযণ ন্যাসি-বেশ-ধারী ॥ ১৪৮ ॥
माला लय प्रभु महाभय-भक्ति करि’ शिक्षा-गुरु नारायण न्यासि-वेश-धारी ॥ १४८ ॥
mālā laya prabhu mahābhaya-bhakti kari’ śikṣā-guru nārāyaṇa nyāsi-veśa-dhārī || 148 ||
mala laya prabhu mahabhaya-bhakti kari’ siksa-guru narayana nyasi-vesa-dhari (148)
English translation:
(148) The original instructing spiritual master, Lord Caitanya, who is Nārāyaṇa dressed as a sannyāsī, accepted the garland of Lord Jagannātha with great reverence and devotion.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
For a sannyāsī there is no prescription for accepting objects of enjoyment like sandalwood paste or scented oils. Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanyadeva accepted the garland of Śrī Jagannātha with great respect to display an attitude of service and to preach in this world the purport of the verse:
prāpañcikatayā buddhyā hari-sambandhi-vastunaḥ mumukṣubhiḥ parityāgo vairāgyaṃ phalgu kathyate
“When persons eager to achieve liberation renounce things related to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, thinking them to be material, their renunciation is called incomplete.”