Chaitanya Bhagavata

by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.10.24, 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 24 of Antya-khanda chapter 10—“The Glories of Shri Pundarika Vidyanidhi”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.10.24:

সেই মন্ত্র তুমি মোরে কহ পুনর্-বার তবে মন-প্রসন্নতা হৈবে আমার” ॥ ২৪ ॥

सेइ मन्त्र तुमि मोरे कह पुनर्-बार तबे मन-प्रसन्नता हैबे आमार” ॥ २४ ॥

sei mantra tumi more kaha punar-bāra tabe mana-prasannatā haibe āmāra” || 24 ||

sei mantra tumi more kaha punar-bara tabe mana-prasannata haibe amara” (24)

English translation:

(24) “You please give that mantra to me again, and then my mind will be joyful.”

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Mantra refers to the sound vibration by which one can give up thoughts of material enjoyment. If an instructor instructs mantras to a faithless person, his heart becomes polluted. If one loses transcendental knowledge because of bad association, then one must gather it again. Knowing this fact, Śrī Gadādhara Paṇḍita Gosvāmī requested Śrī Gaurasundara to give him reinitiation, but Mahāprabhu told him to receive mantra again from his original guru.

Śrī Gadādhara Paṇḍita’s guru was Śrīla Puṇḍarīka Vidyānidhi.

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