Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati D膩sa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.21.15, 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 15 of Madhya-khanda chapter 21鈥斺�淭he Lord鈥檚 Chastisement of Devananda鈥�.
Verse 2.21.15
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.21.15:
唳膏Μ唰� 唳唳班唳粪唳班唳� `唳唰嵿Δ唳库�� 唳唳椸Μ唳む 唳灌Ο `唳唳班唳�-唳班唳� 唳唳椸Μ唳も�� 唳氞唳班-唳唳︵ 唳曕Ο 啷� 唰оЙ 啷�
啶膏が啷� 啶啶班啶粪ぞ啶班啶� `啶啷嵿い啶库�� 啶ぞ啶椸さ啶む 啶灌く `啶啶班啶�-啶班啶� 啶ぞ啶椸さ啶も�� 啶氞ぞ啶班た-啶掂啶︵ 啶曕く 啷� 啷оカ 啷�
sabe puru峁Ｄ乺tha `bhakti鈥� bh膩gavate haya `prema-r奴pa bh膩gavata鈥� c膩ri-vede kaya || 15 ||
sabe purusartha `bhakti鈥� bhagavate haya `prema-rupa bhagavata鈥� cari-vede kaya (15)
English translation:
(15) 鈥淚n the 艢谤墨尘补诲 叠丑腻驳补惫补迟补尘 devotional service is described as the ultimate goal of life. The four Vedas declare that 艢谤墨尘补诲 叠丑腻驳补惫补迟补尘 is the manifestation of ecstatic love.
Commentary: Gau岣嵞珁a-bh膩峁a by 艢r墨la Bhaktisiddh膩nta Sarasvat墨 峁琱膩kura:
All Vedic literatures glorify 艢谤墨尘补诲 叠丑腻驳补惫补迟补尘 as the science of the ultimate goal of life in the form of prema. The sense enjoyers normally consider religiosity, economic development, and sense gratification as the goals of life, and the renunciants imagine liberation as the goal of life. But the pure devotees, who are transcendental to the sense enjoyers and the renunciants and who are expert in worshiping the Supreme Lord,
give up considerations of the four objectives of life鈥攔eligiosity, economic development, sense gratification, and liberation鈥攁nd accept love of 碍峁涐梗峁嘺 as the purport of 艢谤墨尘补诲 叠丑腻驳补惫补迟补尘. When karma, 箩帽腻苍补, yoga, study of the scriptures, and other processes for achieving the goal of life become ardently aimed at attaining the actual goal of life, then their own existence becomes lost and they merge into devotional service.