Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.1.8, 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 8 of Antya-khanda chapter 1—“Meeting Again at the House of Shri Advaita Acarya”.
Verse 3.1.8
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.1.8:
করিলেন মাত্র প্রভু সন্ন্যাস-গ্রহণ মুকুন্দেরে আজ্ঞা হৈল করিতে কীর্তন ॥ ৮ ॥
करिलेन मात्र प्रभु सन्न्यास-ग्रहण मुकुन्देरे आज्ञा हैल करिते कीर्तन ॥ ८ ॥
karilena mātra prabhu sannyāsa-grahaṇa mukundere ājñā haila karite kīrtana || 8 ||
karilena matra prabhu sannyasa-grahana mukundere ajna haila karite kirtana (8)
English translation:
(8) Immediately after the Lord accepted sannyāsa, He instructed Mukunda to perform kīrtana.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
In the sannyāsa order of life there is no sanction for the performance of dancing, singing, or playing of musical instruments, but in the acceptance of sannyāsa in the form of renouncing bad association to worship the Lord these three activities are not prohibited; rather, they are accepted as means of serving the Supreme Lord. To check mundane kīrtana, Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanyadeva ordered the kīrtana leader Mukunda to perform hari- kīrtana.