Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.1.148, 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 148 of Madhya-khanda chapter 1—“The Beginning of the Lord’s Manifestation and His Instructions on Krishna-sankirtana”.
Verse 2.1.148
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.1.148:
প্রভু বলে,—“সর্ব-কাল সত্য কৃষ্ণ-নাম সর্ব-শাস্ত্রে ‘কৃষ্ণ’ বৈ না বলযে আন ॥ ১৪৮ ॥
प्रभु बले,—“सर्व-काल सत्य कृष्ण-नाम सर्व-शास्त्रे ‘कृष्ण’ बै ना बलये आन ॥ १४८ ॥
prabhu bale,—“sarva-kāla satya kṛṣṇa-nāma sarva-śāstre ‘kṛṣṇa’ bai nā balaye āna || 148 ||
prabhu bale,—“sarva-kala satya krsna-nama sarva-sastre ‘krsna’ bai na balaye ana (148)
English translation:
(148) The Lord said, “The holy names of Kṛṣṇa are the eternal Truth. All scriptures explain Kṛṣṇa and nothing else.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The holy names of Kṛṣṇa are not temporary objects subject to creation and annihilation within the jurisdiction of time. Since there is no material difference between the names of Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa Himself, the form of Kṛṣṇa, which is the personified source of time, and His holy names are at all times the undivided Truth. All Vaiṣṇava literatures have no aim other than Kṛṣṇa. As stated in the Hari-vaṃśa:
vede rāmāyaṇe caiva purāṇe bhārate tathā ādāv ante ca madhye ca
“In the Vedic literature, including the Rāmāyaṇa, Purāṇas, and Mahābhārata, from the very beginning (ādau) to the end (ante ca), as well as within the middle (madhye ca), only Hari, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is explained.”