Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.9.217, 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 217 of Antya-khanda chapter 9—“The Glories of Advaita”.
Verse 3.9.217
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.9.217:
জয জয পরম সন্ন্যাসি-রূপ-ধারী জয জয সঙ্কীর্তন-লম্পট-মুরারি ॥ ২১৭ ॥
जय जय परम सन्न्यासि-रूप-धारी जय जय सङ्कीर्तन-लम्पट-मुरारि ॥ २१७ ॥
jaya jaya parama sannyāsi-rūpa-dhārī jaya jaya saṅkīrtana-lampaṭa-murāri || 217 ||
jaya jaya parama sannyasi-rupa-dhari jaya jaya sankirtana-lampata-murari (217)
English translation:
(217) “All glories to the Supreme Lord, who has accepted the form of the topmost sannyāsī! All glories to Murāri, who is most attached to the process of saṅkīrtana!
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The phrase saṅkīrtana-lampaṭa refers to one who is more intensely attached to the congregational chanting of Kṛṣṇa’s glories than to other limbs of devotional service.