Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.14.2, 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 2 of Madhya-khanda chapter 14—“Yamaraja’s Sankirtana”.
Verse 2.14.2
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.14.2:
চতুর্মুখ পঞ্চমুখ আদি দেব-গণ নিতি আসি’ চৈতন্যের করযে সেবন ॥ ২ ॥
चतुर्मुख पञ्चमुख आदि देव-गण निति आसि’ चैतन्येर करये सेवन ॥ २ ॥
caturmukha pañcamukha ādi deva-gaṇa niti āsi’ caitanyera karaye sevana || 2 ||
caturmukha pancamukha adi deva-gana niti asi’ caitanyera karaye sevana (2)
English translation:
(2) The demigods headed by the four-headed Brahmā and the five- headed Śiva daily came and
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
served Lord Caitanya.
The word caturmukha refers to Lord Brahmā. The word pañcamukha
refers to Lord Śiva. The word niti means “regularly” or “always.”