Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.10.2, 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 2 of Antya-khanda chapter 10—“The Glories of Shri Pundarika Vidyanidhi”.
Verse 3.10.2
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.10.2:
জয সঙ্কীর্তন-প্রিয গৌরাঙ্গ-গোপাল জয শিষ্ট-জন-প্রিয জয দুষ্ট-কাল ॥ ২ ॥
जय सङ्कीर्तन-प्रिय गौराङ्ग-गोपाल जय शिष्ट-जन-प्रिय जय दुष्ट-काल ॥ २ ॥
jaya saṅkīrtana-priya gaurāṅga-gopāla jaya śiṣṭa-jana-priya jaya duṣṭa-kāla || 2 ||
jaya sankirtana-priya gauranga-gopala jaya sista-jana-priya jaya dusta-kala (2)
English translation:
(2) All glories to Gaurāṅga-gopāla, who enjoys the performance of saṅkīrtana! All glories to the Supreme Lord, who is dear to the devotees and who is death to the miscreants!
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Since Śrī Gaurasundara is Kṛṣṇacandra, He is called Gaurāṅga-gopāla. The special characteristic of Śrī Gaurasundara’s pastimes is the glorification of topics regarding Kṛṣṇa. Since activities like worship and meditation are unable to fully manifest the Supreme Lord, the process of saṅkīrtana is supreme. This saṅkīrtana is the best of all activities for reviving one’s relationship with the Supreme Lord. That is why in His Gaura pastimes Śrī Kṛṣṇacandra is addressed as saṅkīrtana-priya, or He who is fond of saṅkīrtana. He is the supreme worshipable Lord of all devotees. Those who have no love for Him are certainly nondevotees. He is like death personified for both the sinful sense enjoyers and the wicked-minded renunciants.