Verse 3.10.182

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.10.182:

শ্রী-কৃষ্ণ-চৈতন্য-নিত্যানন্দ-চান্দ জান বৃন্দাবনদাস তছু পদ-যুগে গান ॥ ১৮২ ॥

श्री-कृष्ण-चैतन्य-नित्यानन्द-चान्द जान वृन्दावनदास तछु पद-युगे गान ॥ १८२ ॥

śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya-nityānanda-cānda jāna vṛndāvanadāsa tachu pada-yuge gāna || 182 ||

sri-krsna-caitanya-nityananda-canda jana vrndavanadasa tachu pada-yuge gana (182)

English translation:

(182) Accepting Śrī Caitanya and Nityānanda Prabhu as my life and soul, I, Vṛndāvana dāsa, sing the glories of Their lotus feet.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Thus ends the English translation of the Gauḍīya-bhāṣya of Śrī Caitanya- bhāgavata, Antya-khaṇḍa, Chapter Ten, entitled “The Glories of Śrī Puṇḍarīka Vidyānidhi.”

End of Antya-khaṇḍa

END OF ŚRĪ ŚRĪMAD VṚNDĀVANA DĀSA ṬHĀKURA’S ŚRĪ CAITANYA-BHĀGAVATA

śrī-gaurasundara-vara līlā tāṅra manohara nityānanda-svarūpa-prakāśa

ācārya advaita āra gadādhara-śakti tāṅra pañca-tattva bhakta śrīnivāsa

The pastimes of the Pañca-tattva are most enchanting. Śrī Gaurasundara is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Nityānanda is His personal manifestation, Advaita is His separate expansion, Gadādhara is His energy, and Śrīnivāsa is His devotee.

patita-pāvana-śreṣṭha śrī-gaura-kiśora-preṣṭha patita-janera tāṅrā gati

śrīvāsera bhrātṛ-sutā nārāyaṇī-nāme mātāviśvambhara-pade yāṅra mati

They are the supreme deliverers of the fallen souls, they are most dear to Śrī Gaurakiśora, and they are the ultimate goal of the fallen souls. Śrīvāsa’s brother had a daughter named Nārāyaṇī, who was the author’s mother. Her mind was fixed at the lotus feet of Viśvambhara.

vṛndāvana suta tāṅra karuṇāra pārābāra ‘śrī-caitanya-bhāgavata’ yāṅra

nityānanda-śeṣa-bhṛtya hari-jana-sevā-kṛtya bujha’la ye sarva-sāra-sāra

Her son was Vṛndāvana dāsa, who was unlimitedly merciful, who compiled Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata, who was the last servant of Nityānanda, and who revealed that service to the devotees of Hari is the essence of all.

vaiṣṇava-mahimā yata varṇilena susaṅgata tāhāra tulanā kothā nāi

vaiṣṇava-virodhi-jana satata tāpita mana mūlya-hīna sei bhasma chāi

He perfectly described the incomparable glories of the Vaiṣṇavas.

The minds of those who are averse to the Vaiṣṇavas are always disturbed by the material miseries. Such persons are as worthless as ash.

nitāi-vimukha-jane dayā-pātra tāre gaṇe padā-ghāta kare tāra śire

ehena dāyāla vīra nāhi tribhuvane dhīra laye yāya virajāra tīre

Vṛndāvana dāsa considered that people averse to Nitāi were suitable candidates for compassion, so he kicked them in the head. There is no one in the three worlds as greatly compassionate or sober as him, for he delivers such persons from material existence.

mūḍha-jana nā bujhiyā ahaṅkāre matta hiyā ‘krodhī bali’ karaye sthāpana

vaiṣṇavera dayā-daṇḍa kabhu nā bujhaye bhaṇḍa nīca-citta kariyā gopana

Foolish people intoxicated by false ego cannot understand him, so they attempt to establish him as an angry person. The hypocrites hide their own low-class mentality and can never understand the punishment awarded by a Vaiṣṇava, which is simply an exhibition of compassion.

‘śrī-gauḍīya-bhāṣya’ nāma bhakta-jana-sevā-kāma likhi, chāḍi’ kapaṭādi chala

bhāgavata-vyākhyā-kāle prabhu more sadā pale citta deya yathocita bala

In the course of writing this commentary, Śrī Gauḍīya-bhāṣya, with the desire to serve the devotees, I have rejected all forms of cheating headed by duplicity. While writing this commentary on Caitanya- bhāgavata, the Lord always maintained me and gave me the necessary strength of heart.

śrī-caitanya-bhāgavata grantha śuddha-bhakti-mata

kahe sadāśrī-bhaktivinoda nirantara pāṭha-phale kubuddhi yāibe ca’le

kṛṣṇa-preme labhibe pramoda

Śrī Bhaktivinoda would always say that Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata describes the process of pure devotional service. By constantly studying this book, one’s sinful mentality is destroyed and one will achieve the joy of ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa.

nijendriya-prīti-kāma nahe kabhu bhakti-dhāma vaiṣṇava-sevāya nāhi bhoga

bhakta-sevā-phale prema sei mūlyavān kṣema vigata haibe sarva-roga

The desire to satisfy one’s senses has no place in devotional service. There is no question of sense gratification in the service of Vaiṣṇavas. As a result of serving the devotees, one attains prema, the most valuable asset, and all material diseases are vanquished.

līna haibāra āśā cālile kapaṭa- pāśādūre yābe sakala maṅgala

sthūla sūkṣma deha-dvaya bhakti-bale haya kṣaya bhāgavata-bhajana-kauśala

The desire to merge in the existence of the Lord is as crooked as playing dice, for it deprives one of all auspiciousness. The gross and subtle bodies of a person expert in the worship of the bhāgavatas are destroyed by the strength of his devotional service.

śrī-vārṣabhānavīāśa tāṅhāra dayita-dāsa bhāṣya-lekhakera paricaya

bhakati-vimukha jana viṣayete kliṣṭa-mana tabu yāce prabhu padāśraya

The writer of this commentary is Śrī Vārṣabhānavī-dayita-dāsa, who desires to attain Śrī Vārṣabhānavī and who is the servant of Her beloved Lord. Although he is averse to devotional service and his

mind is attached to material enjoyment, he begs for the shelter of the Lord’s lotus feet.

śrī-gauḍa-maṇḍala-mājha navadvīpa tīrtharāja māyāpura gaura-janma-sthala

tathāya caitanya-maṭha nāhi vase yathāśaṭha gaura-jane kariyā sambala

Śrī Caitanya Maṭha is situated within Śrī Gauḍa-maṇḍala in Māyāpur-Navadvīpa, the topmost tīrtha and site of Gaura’s appearance. No cheaters are residing therein; only Gaura’s devotees live there.

bhakativinoda-dāsa-saṅge mora sadā vāsa tāṅdera anujñāśire dhari’

cāri-śata-cha’ calliśe samāpinu jyaiṣṭha-śeṣe uṭakāmaṇḍera śailopari

I always reside in the association of Śrīla Bhaktivinoda’s servants. Accepting their order on my head, I completed this commentary on the hill of Uṭkāmand at the end of the month of Jyaiṣṭha, in the Gaurābda year 446 (A.D. 1932).

bhāṣya-racanāra kāle bhakta-gaṇa more pāle gaurava-sambhrame more chale

avakāśa sadā diyā bhakti-pathe cālāiyāsnehera ḍorikā diyā gale

While writing this commentary, the devotees took care of me and deceived me with awe and respect. They bound me with ropes of affection by always providing facilities for me and encouraging me in my devotional service.

śrī-gaurāṅga-bhakta-gaṇa śrī-bhaktivinoda-jana tāṅdera caraṇe mora gati

bhāṣya-likhanera vyāje tridaṇḍi-sevaka-sāje rahu yena nityā-sevā-mati

May my mind always remain fixed at the lotus feet of Lord Gaurāṅga’s devotees like Śrī Bhaktivinoda. May my mind always remain fixed in eternal service as it was while writing this commentary as the servant of the tridaṇḍi-sannyāsīs.