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Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.9.378, 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 378 of Antya-khanda chapter 9—“The Glories of Advaita�.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.9.378:

কৃষ্�-ভক্ত� সব� লৈলে� দৃ�-মন� ভক্ত-রূপে ব্রহ্ম�-শি� পূজে� যতনে � ৩৭� �

कृष्�-भक्त� सब� लैले� दृ�-मन� भक्त-रूपे ब्रह्म�-शि� पूजे� यतने � ३७� �

kṛṣṇa-bhakti sabe lailena dṛḍha-mane bhakta-rūpe brahmā-śiva pūjena yatane || 378 ||

krsna-bhakti sabe lailena drdha-mane bhakta-rupe brahma-siva pujena yatane (378)

English translation:

(378) All the sages then accepted the devotional service of ṛṣṇa with determination, and they faithfully worshiped and Ś with the understanding that they are devotees.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta ī Ṭhākura:

In the Śī 岵ٲ (10.89.19) it is stated:

ittha� sārasvatā ṛṇ峾 ṃśaⲹ-nuttaye puruṣasya padāmbhoja- sevayā tad-پ�

“The learned 󳾲ṇa living along the river ī came to this conclusion in order to dispel the doubts of all people. Thereafter they rendered devotional service to the Supreme Lord’s lotus feet and attained His abode.�

In the Śī 岵ٲ (10.38.8) it is stated:

yad arcita� brahma-bhavādibhi� surai� ś ca devyā munibhi� sa-sātvatai�

-ṇԳܳś carad vane yad gopikānā� kuca-ṅkܳṅkٲ

“Those lotus feet are worshiped by , Ś, and all the other demigods, by the goddess of fortune, and also by the great sages and Vaiṣṇavas. Upon those lotus feet the Lord walks about the forest while herding the cows with His companions, and those feet are smeared with the ṅkܳ from the DZī� breasts.�

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