Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.8.175, 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 175 of Antya-khanda chapter 8—“Mahaprabhu’s Water Sports in Narendra- sarovara”.
Verse 3.8.175-176
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.8.175-176:
যথা সৌমিত্রি-ভরতৌ যথা সঙ্কর্ষণা দযঃতথা তেনৈব জাযন্তে মর্ত্য-লোকং যদৃচ্ছযা পুনস্ তেনৈব যাস্যন্তি তদ্ বিষ্ণোঃ পাশ্বতং পদম্ ন কর্ম-বন্ধনং জন্ম বৈষ্ণবানাং চ বিদ্যতে ॥ ১৭৫-১৭৬ ॥
यथा सौमित्रि-भरतौ यथा सङ्कर्षणा दयःतथा तेनैव जायन्ते मर्त्य-लोकं यदृच्छया पुनस् तेनैव यास्यन्ति तद् विष्णोः पाश्वतं पदम् न कर्म-बन्धनं जन्म वैष्णवानां च विद्यते ॥ १७५-१७६ ॥
yathā saumitri-bharatau yathā saṅkarṣaṇā dayaḥtathā tenaiva jāyante martya-lokaṃ yadṛcchayā punas tenaiva yāsyanti tad viṣṇoḥ pāśvataṃ padam na karma-bandhanaṃ janma vaiṣṇavānāṃ ca vidyate || 175-176 ||
yatha saumitri-bharatau yatha sankarsana dayahtatha tenaiva jayante martya-lokam yadrcchaya punas tenaiva yasyanti tad visnoh pasvatam padam na karma-bandhanam janma vaisnavanam ca vidyate (175-176)
English translation:
(175-176) “Just as Bharata and Lakṣmaṇa, the son of Sumitrā, and just as Saṅkarṣaṇa and other forms of the Supreme Lord appear in this world by Their own will, similarly the Vaiṣṇava associates of the Lord appear with the Lord and then return to the Lord’s eternal abode with the Lord. Like the Lord, the Vaiṣṇavas do not take birth according to their past karma.”