Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.3.44, 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 44 of Adi-khanda chapter 3—“Calculation of the Lord’s Horoscope”.
Verse 1.3.44
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.3.44:
পরম-পবিত্র তিথি ভক্তি-স্বরূপিণী যঙ্হি অবতীর্ণ হৈলেন দ্বিজ-মণি ॥ ৪৪ ॥
परम-पवित्र तिथि भक्ति-स्वरूपिणी यङ्हि अवतीर्ण हैलेन द्विज-मणि ॥ ४४ ॥
parama-pavitra tithi bhakti-svarūpiṇī yaṅhi avatīrṇa hailena dvija-maṇi || 44 ||
parama-pavitra tithi bhakti-svarupini yanhi avatirna hailena dvija-mani (44)
English translation:
(44) This day is the reservoir of devotional service and therefore most sanctified, because the Supreme Lord, the best of the brāhmaṇas, appeared on that day.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The demigods headed by Lord Brahmā also worshiped the full moon night of the month of Phālguna, the appearance day of Śrī Caitanya. The full moon night of the month of Phālguna is a spiritual day that is śuddha-sattva-mayī, comprised of pure goodness, and sākṣād-bhakti- svarūpiṇī, the personification of devotional service.