Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.9.61, 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 61 of Antya-khanda chapter 9—“The Glories of Advaita”.
Verse 3.9.61
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.9.61:
“আজি ইন্দ্র, জানিলুঙ্ তোমার অনুভব আজি জানিলাঙ তুমি নিশ্চয ‘বৈষ্ণব’ ॥ ৬১ ॥
“आजि इन्द्र, जानिलुङ् तोमार अनुभव आजि जानिलाङ तुमि निश्चय ‘वैष्णव’ ॥ ६१ ॥
“āji indra, jāniluṅ tomāra anubhava āji jānilāṅa tumi niścaya ‘vaiṣṇava’ || 61 ||
“aji indra, janilun tomara anubhava aji janilana tumi niscaya ‘vaisnava’ (61)
English translation:
(61) “O Indra, today I have come to know your prowess. Today I have come to know that you are certainly a Vaiṣṇava.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word anubhava means “influence” or “glories.”