Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.3.522, 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 522 of Antya-khanda chapter 3—“Mahaprabhu’s Deliverance of Sarvabhauma, Exhibition of His Six-armed Form, and Journey to Bengal”.
Verse 3.3.522
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.3.522:
সকল শাস্ত্রেই মাত্র `কৃষ্ণ-ভক্তি’ কয বিশেষে শ্রী-ভাগবত—কৃষ্ণ-রস-ময ॥ ৫২২ ॥
सकल शास्त्रेइ मात्र `कृष्ण-भक्ति’ कय विशेषे श्री-भागवत—कृष्ण-रस-मय ॥ ५२२ ॥
sakala śāstrei mātra `kṛṣṇa-bhakti’ kaya viśeṣe śrī-bhāgavata—kṛṣṇa-rasa-maya || 522 ||
sakala sastrei matra `krsna-bhakti’ kaya visese sri-bhagavata—krsna-rasa-maya (522)
English translation:
(522) “All the scriptures glorify devotional service to Kṛṣṇa. Śrīmad Bhāgavatam is especially filled with the mellows of devotional service to Kṛṣṇa.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
In the Hari-vaṃśa (Bhaviṣyat-parva 132.95) it is stated:
vede rāmāyaṇe caiva purāṇe bhārate
tathā ādāv ante ca madhye ca hariḥ sarvatra gīyate
“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.” See also Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (1.1.3).