Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.9.378, 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 378 of Antya-khanda chapter 9—“The Glories of Advaita”.
Verse 3.9.378
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.9.378:
কৃষ্ণ-ভক্তি সবে লৈলেন দৃঢ-মনে ভক্ত-রূপে ব্রহ্মা-শিব পূজেন যতনে ॥ ৩৭৮ ॥
कृष्ण-भक्ति सबे लैलेन दृढ-मने भक्त-रूपे ब्रह्मा-शिव पूजेन यतने ॥ ३७८ ॥
kṛṣṇa-bhakti sabe lailena dṛḍha-mane bhakta-rūpe brahmā-śiva pūjena yatane || 378 ||
krsna-bhakti sabe lailena drdha-mane bhakta-rupe brahma-siva pujena yatane (378)
English translation:
(378) All the sages then accepted the devotional service of Kṛṣṇa with determination, and they faithfully worshiped Brahmā and Śiva with the understanding that they are devotees.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
In the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (10.89.19) it is stated:
itthaṃ sārasvatā viprā nṛṇām saṃśaya-nuttaye puruṣasya padāmbhoja- sevayā tad-gatiṃ gatāḥ
“The learned brāhmaṇas living along the river Sarasvatī came to this conclusion in order to dispel the doubts of all people. Thereafter they rendered devotional service to the Supreme Lord’s lotus feet and attained His abode.”
In the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (10.38.8) it is stated:
yad arcitaṃ brahma-bhavādibhiḥ suraiḥ śriyā ca devyā munibhiḥ sa-sātvataiḥ
go-cāraṇāyānucaraiś carad vane yad gopikānāṃ kuca-kuṅkumāṅkitam
“Those lotus feet are worshiped by Brahmā, Śiva, and all the other demigods, by the goddess of fortune, and also by the great sages and Vaiṣṇavas. Upon those lotus feet the Lord walks about the forest while herding the cows with His companions, and those feet are smeared with the kuṅkuma from the gopīs’ breasts.”