Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.60, 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 60 of Madhya-khanda chapter 2—“The Lord’s Manifestation at the House of Shrivasa and the Inauguration of Sankirtana”.
Verse 2.60
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.60:
বলহ বলহ কৃষ্ণ, হও কৃষ্ণ-দাস তোমার হৃদযে কৃষ্ণ হৌন প্রকাশ ॥ ৬০ ॥
बलह बलह कृष्ण, हओ कृष्ण-दास तोमार हृदये कृष्ण हौन प्रकाश ॥ ६० ॥
balaha balaha kṛṣṇa, hao kṛṣṇa-dāsa tomāra hṛdaye kṛṣṇa hauna prakāśa || 60 ||
balaha balaha krsna, hao krsna-dasa tomara hrdaye krsna hauna prakasa (60)
English translation:
(60) “Please chant the name of Kṛṣṇa and become His servant. May Kṛṣṇa manifest within Your heart.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The second line of this verse is explained as follows: Up to this point the devotees did not know Viśvambhara as Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; rather they considered Him a dependent devotee and blessed Him with the words, “May the Absolute Truth, Lord Kṛṣṇa, His names, forms, qualities, associates, characteristics, and pastimes, as well as devotional service to Kṛṣṇa and love of Kṛṣṇa be manifest in Your pure transcendental heart.”