Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.9.278, 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 278 of Antya-khanda chapter 9—“The Glories of Advaita”.
Verse 3.9.278-279
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.9.278-279:
যে ভক্ত যে বস্তু-যাঙ্র যেন অবতার বৈষ্ণব, বৈষ্ণবী যাঙ্র অংশে জন্ম যাঙ্র যাঙ্র যেন মত পূজা যাঙ্র যে মহত্ত্ব চৈতন্য-প্রভু সে সব করিলেন ব্যক্ত ॥ ২৭৮-২৭৯ ॥
ये भक्त ये वस्तु-याङ्र येन अवतार वैष्णव, वैष्णवी याङ्र अंशे जन्म याङ्र याङ्र येन मत पूजा याङ्र ये महत्त्व चैतन्य-प्रभु से सब करिलेन व्यक्त ॥ २७८-२७९ ॥
ye bhakta ye vastu-yāṅra yena avatāra vaiṣṇava, vaiṣṇavī yāṅra aṃśe janma yāṅra yāṅra yena mata pūjā yāṅra ye mahattva caitanya-prabhu se saba karilena vyakta || 278-279 ||
ye bhakta ye vastu-yanra yena avatara vaisnava, vaisnavi yanra amse janma yanra yanra yena mata puja yanra ye mahattva caitanya-prabhu se saba karilena vyakta (278-279)
English translation:
(278-279) Lord Caitanya revealed who were His devotees, what was their previous identity, which Vaiṣṇava or Vaiṣṇavī the devotees were expansions of, what was their mode of worship, and what were their glories.