Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.8.153, 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 153 of Antya-khanda chapter 8—“Mahaprabhu’s Water Sports in Narendra- sarovara”.
Verse 3.8.153
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.8.153:
তথাপি আশ্রম-ধর্ম ছাডি’ বৈষ্ণবেরে শিক্ষা-গুরু শ্রী-কৃষ্ণ আপনে নমস্করে ॥ ১৫৩ ॥
तथापि आश्रम-धर्म छाडि’ वैष्णवेरे शिक्षा-गुरु श्री-कृष्ण आपने नमस्करे ॥ १५३ ॥
tathāpi āśrama-dharma chāḍi’ vaiṣṇavere śikṣā-guru śrī-kṛṣṇa āpane namaskare || 153 ||
tathapi asrama-dharma chadi’ vaisnavere siksa-guru sri-krsna apane namaskare (153)
English translation:
(153) Still, the Lord, who is śikṣa-guru Kṛṣṇa, rejected āśrama-dharma to offer obeisances to the Vaiṣṇavas.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Persons situated in the topmost āśrama generally show affection to persons situated in lower āśramas; they do not offer them obeisances. But śikṣa-guru Śrī Kṛṣṇa personally offers obeisances to a Vaiṣṇava.