Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.10.57, 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 57 of Antya-khanda chapter 10—“The Glories of Shri Pundarika Vidyanidhi”.
Verse 3.10.57
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.10.57:
দামোদর-স্বরূপের ভাগ্যের যে সীমা দামোদর-স্বরূপ সে তাহার উপমা ॥ ৫৭ ॥
दामोदर-स्वरूपेर भाग्येर ये सीमा दामोदर-स्वरूप से ताहार उपमा ॥ ५७ ॥
dāmodara-svarūpera bhāgyera ye sīmā dāmodara-svarūpa se tāhāra upamā || 57 ||
damodara-svarupera bhagyera ye sima damodara-svarupa se tahara upama (57)
English translation:
(57) The limit of Svarūpa Dāmodara’s good fortune is found only in Svarūpa Dāmodara himself.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Because Śrī Dāmodara Svarūpa was the constant companion of Śrī Gaurasundara, his good fortune surpassed that of other devotees of Gaura. Whenever Mahāprabhu would fall in the forest or in the branches of trees out of ecstasy, Śrī Dāmodara Svarūpa would display his matchless service propensity by completely protecting Mahāprabhu’s transcendental body from all kinds of injury. Since Mahāprabhu always remained intoxicated with ecstatic love, He seldom displayed external
consciousness. At such times Dāmodara would serve Him in all respects.