Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.8.6, 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 6 of Adi-khanda chapter 8—“The Disappearance of Jagannatha Mishra”.
Verse 1.8.6
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.8.6:
বেদ-দ্বারে ব্যক্ত হৈবে সকল পুরাণে কিছু শেষে শুনিবে সকল ভাগ্যবানে ॥ ৬ ॥
वेद-द्वारे व्यक्त हैबे सकल पुराणे किछु शेषे शुनिबे सकल भाग्यवाने ॥ ६ ॥
veda-dvāre vyakta haibe sakala purāṇe kichu śeṣe śunibe sakala bhāgyavāne || 6 ||
veda-dvare vyakta haibe sakala purane kichu sese sunibe sakala bhagyavane (6)
English translation:
(6) These pastimes will later be described through the Vedas in all the Purāṇas, and fortunate souls will hear about them.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word veda refers to (1) Viṣṇu, (2) the śrutis, (3) the āmnāya, (4) the chandas, (5) the brahmās, and (6) the nigamas. The word Purāṇa refers to the eighteen Purāṇas, the twenty Upapurāṇas, and the histories. Although the topics of Śrī Gaurasundara, the covered incarnation, are more or less explained in all the Purāṇas, they are not clearly described. Lord Viṣṇu resides in the hearts of the Vaiṣṇavas, and topics of Lord Viṣṇu emanate from the mouths of the Vaiṣṇavas. Therefore the wonderful activities of Śrī Gaurasundara will later be described by Vaiṣṇava ācāryas in their commentaries on the Purāṇas. The Vedic literatures emanate from the breathing of Lord Viṣṇu. Śrī Vyāsadeva, who divided the Vedas, has appeared in this age of Kali as Śrī Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura, the author of Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata, which is nondifferent from Śrīmad Bhāgavatam. Therefore Śrī Kavirāja Gosvāmī Prabhu has written about Śrī Caitanya- bhāgavata as follows: “The subject matter of this book is so sublime that it appears that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu has personally spoken through the writings of Śrī Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura.”
The eternality of Vedic literature is not denied by the use of future tense in the phrase veda-dvāre vyakta haibe. In different Manvantaras and in the beginning of different yugas, Lord Nārāyaṇa reveals Vedic knowledge in the heart of His servant Brahmā and preaches His transcendental name, form, qualities, and pastimes through Śrī Vyāsadeva.