Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.2.216, 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 216 of Adi-khanda chapter 2—“The Lord’s Appearance”.
Verse 1.2.216
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.2.216:
চারি-বেদ-শির- মুকুট চৈতন্য পামর মূঢ নাহি জানে শ্রী-চৈতন্য-চন্দ্র, নিতাই-ঠাকুর, বৃন্দাবন-দাস গানে ॥ ২১৬ ॥
चारि-वेद-शिर- मुकुट चैतन्य पामर मूढ नाहि जाने श्री-चैतन्य-चन्द्र, निताइ-ठाकुर, वृन्दावन-दास गाने ॥ २१६ ॥
cāri-veda-śira- mukuṭa caitanya pāmara mūḍha nāhi jāne śrī-caitanya-candra, nitāi-ṭhākura, vṛndāvana-dāsa gāne || 216 ||
cari-veda-sira- mukuta caitanya pamara mudha nahi jane sri-caitanya-candra, nitai-thakura, vrndavana-dasa gane (216)
English translation:
(216) Śrī Caitanya is the crown on the head of the four Vedas, but sinful and foolish people cannot understand this. Śrī Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura sings the glories of Śrī Caitanyacandra and Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Śrī Caitanyadeva is like the crown on the Upaniṣads, which are like the heads of the four Vedas. In other words, He is worshipable by the four- headed Brahmā:
nikhila-śruti-mauli-ratna-mālā-dyuti-nīrājita-pāda-paṅkajānta
—“The tips of the toes of Your lotus feet are constantly being worshiped by the glowing radiance emanating from the string of gems known as the Upaniṣads, the crown jewels of all the Vedas.”