Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.9.1, 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 1 of Antya-khanda chapter 9—“The Glories of Advaita”.
Verse 3.9.1
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.9.1:
জয জয শ্রী-কৃষ্ণ-চৈতন্য রমা-কান্ত জয সর্ব-বৈষ্ণবের বল্লভ একান্ত ॥ ১ ॥
जय जय श्री-कृष्ण-चैतन्य रमा-कान्त जय सर्व-वैष्णवेर वल्लभ एकान्त ॥ १ ॥
jaya jaya śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya ramā-kānta jaya sarva-vaiṣṇavera vallabha ekānta || 1 ||
jaya jaya sri-krsna-caitanya rama-kanta jaya sarva-vaisnavera vallabha ekanta (1)
English translation:
(1) All glories to Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, the husband of the goddess of
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
fortune! All glories to the only beloved Lord of all Vaiṣṇavas!
Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanyadeva is Kṛṣṇa, the fountainhead of all incarnations, therefore He is the origin of Viṣṇu, the husband of Lakṣmī. That is why He is also addressed as Ramā-kānta. Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya is Kṛṣṇacandra, the worshipable Lord of all the devotees in the rasas of śānta (neutrality), dāsya (servitorship), sakhya (fraternity), vātsalya (parental affection), and madhura (conjugal love).