Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.8.141, 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 141 of Antya-khanda chapter 8—“Mahaprabhu’s Water Sports in Narendra- sarovara”.
Verse 3.8.141
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.8.141:
এ সকল লীলা, জীব উদ্ধার-কারণে কর্ম-বন্ধ ছিণ্ডে ইহাশ্রবণে-পঠনে ॥ ১৪১ ॥
ए सकल लीला, जीव उद्धार-कारणे कर्म-बन्ध छिण्डे इहाश्रवणे-पठने ॥ १४१ ॥
e sakala līlā, jīva uddhāra-kāraṇe karma-bandha chiṇḍe ihāśravaṇe-paṭhane || 141 ||
e sakala lila, jiva uddhara-karane karma-bandha chinde ihasravane-pathane (141)
English translation:
(141) All these pastimes were performed to deliver the living entities. By hearing and studying these topics, one’s bondage to fruitive activities is destroyed.