Verse 3.9.232-233

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.9.232-233:

এ সব কৃষ্ণের চিহ্ন জানিহ নিশ্চয গঙ্গা আর কারো পাদ-পদ্মে না জন্ময শ্রী-চৈতন্য বিনা ইহা অন্যে না সম্ভবে এই কহে বেদে শাস্ত্রে সকল বৈষ্ণবে ॥ ২৩২-২৩৩ ॥

ए सब कृष्णेर चिह्न जानिह निश्चय गङ्गा आर कारो पाद-पद्मे ना जन्मय श्री-चैतन्य विना इहा अन्ये ना सम्भवे एइ कहे वेदे शास्त्रे सकल वैष्णवे ॥ २३२-२३३ ॥

e saba kṛṣṇera cihna jāniha niścaya gaṅgā āra kāro pāda-padme nā janmaya śrī-caitanya vinā ihā anye nā sambhave ei kahe vede śāstre sakala vaiṣṇave || 232-233 ||

e saba krsnera cihna janiha niscaya ganga ara karo pada-padme na janmaya sri-caitanya vina iha anye na sambhave ei kahe vede sastre sakala vaisnave (232-233)

English translation:

(232-233) Know for certain that all these symptoms are found in Kṛṣṇa, and that mother Ganges does not appear from the lotus feet of anyone else. Except for Lord Caitanya, these symptoms are not possibly found in anyone else. This is the statement of the Vedic literatures and the Vaiṣṇavas.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The Ganges emanates from the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa, who is the cause of all causes, whose form is eternal, full of knowledge and bliss, and who is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Except Śrī Kṛṣṇa, all the demigods hold the Ganges water on their heads. The Ganges cannot emanate from the feet of any demigod. To attain the lotus feet of Śrī Gaurasundara, Gaṅgādevī induced common people to give up the observance of the Śrī Vaiṣṇavas from the Rāmānuja-sampradāya and take bath in the Ganges, because Śrī Gaurasundara followed the local tradition and took bath in the Jāhnavī, who emanated from His lotus feet.

See the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (9.4.63-68 and 1.9.37). In the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (11.14.15) it is stated:

na tathā me priya-tama ātma-yonir na śaṅkaraḥna ca saṅkarṣaṇo na śrīr naivātmā ca yathā bhavān

“O Uddhava, neither Brahmā, nor Śaṅkara, nor Saṅkarṣaṇa, nor Lakṣmī, nor even My own self is as dear to Me as you.”

In the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (10.3.8-9) it is stated:

niśīthe tama-udbhūte jāyamāne janārdane devakyāṃ deva-rūpiṇyāṃ viṣṇuḥ sarva-guhā-śayaḥ āvirāsīd yathā prācyāṃ diśīndur iva puṣkalaḥ

tam adbhutaṃ bālakam ambujekṣaṇaṃ catur-bhujaṃ śaṅkha-gadādy-udāyudham śrīvatsa-lakṣmaṃ gala-śobhi-kaustubhaṃ pītāmbaraṃ sāndra-payoda-saubhagam

“Then the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu, who is situated in the core of everyone’s heart, appeared from the heart of Devakī like the full moon rising on the eastern horizon, because Devakī was of the same category as Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Vāsudeva then saw the newborn child, who had very wonderful lotuslike eyes and who bore in His four hands the four weapons śaṅkha, cakra, gadā, and padma. On His chest was the mark of Śrīvatsa and on His neck the brilliant Kaustubha gem.”

In the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (10.3.13) it is stated:

vidito ‘si bhavān sākṣāt puruṣaḥ prakṛteḥ paraḥ

“Now I can understand that You are the Supreme Person, beyond material existence.”

In the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (10.66.13-14) it is stated:

śaṅkhāry-asi-gadā-śārṅga- śrīvatsādy-upalakṣitam bibhrāṇaṃ kaustubha-maṇiṃ vana-mālā-vibhūṣitam

kauśeya-vāsasī pīte vasānaṃ garuḍa-dhvajam amūlya-mauly-ābharaṇaṃ sphuran-makara-kuṇḍalam

“He carried the conchshell, disc, sword, club, and Śārṅga bow. He was decorated with the mark of Śrīvatsa, the Kaustubha gem, and a garland of

forest flowers. He was dressed in upper and lower garments of fine yellow silk. His banner bore the image of Garuḍa, and He wore a valuable crown and gleaming, shark-shaped earrings.”

In the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (1.18.21) it is stated:

athāpi yat-pāda-nakhāvasṛṣṭaṃ jagad viriñcopahṛtārhaṇāmbhaḥ seśaṃ punāty anyatamo mukundāt ko nāma loke bhagavat-padārthaḥ

“Who can be worthy of the name of the Supreme Lord but the Personality of Godhead Śrī Kṛṣṇa? Brahmājī collected the water emanating from the nails of His feet in order to award it to Lord Śiva as a worshipful welcome. This very water [the Ganges] is purifying the whole universe, including Lord Śiva.”

In the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (10.70.44) it is stated:

yasyāmalaṃ divi yaśaḥ prathitaṃ rasāyāṃ bhūmau ca te bhuvana-maṅgala dig-vitānam mandākinīti divi bhogavatīti cādho

gaṅgeti ceha caraṇāmbu punāti viśvam

“My dear Lord, You are the symbol of everything auspicious. Your transcendental name and fame is spread like a canopy all over the universe, including the higher, middle, and lower planetary systems. The transcendental water that washes Your lotus feet is known in the higher planetary systems as the Mandākinī River, in the lower planetary systems as the Bhogavatī, and in this earthly planetary system as the Ganges. This sacred, transcendental water flows throughout the entire universe, purifying wherever it goes.”