Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Stanzas attributed to Chaitanya in the Padyavali
Traditional attribution
Stanzas attributed to Chaitanya in the Padyavali
पद्यावली (श्लोकाः श्रीभगवतः)
Besides the eight canonical stanzas, the Padyavali preserves other verses that tradition regards as Chaitanya's. The most quoted denies every social identity —neither brahmin, nor king, nor merchant, nor servant, nor any of the four stages of life— to affirm a single one: to be the servant of the servant of Krishna's servants. It sums up the reversal of hierarchies that characterised the movement.
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Authorship note
Rupa Gosvamin's anthology Padyavali ascribes to "Śrī Bhagavat" —that is, to Chaitanya— several stanzas: those of the Shikshashtaka and a few more, such as the one beginning "nāhaṃ vipro", which Krishnadasa puts in his mouth at the chariot festival (Madhya-lila 13). The attribution is early and comes from a direct disciple, but cannot be independently verified.
Editions and translations
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English
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Padyavali: An Anthology of Devotional Poetry
The Conscious LibraryPadyavali: An Anthology of Devotional Poetry
Rasbihari Lal & Sons, 2007
Translation: Kuśakratha Dāsa
ISBN 9788184030419
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Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
The Padyāvalī
The Conscious LibraryThe Padyāvalī
University of Dacca, 1934
Edición crítica de Sushil Kumar De.
Other works by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
- Shikshashtaka (Eight Stanzas of Instruction)
- Chaitanya Charitamrita (Krishnadasa Kaviraja) · 1612
- Chaitanya Bhagavata (Vrindavana Dasa) · 1545
- Murari Gupta's notes (Śrīkṛṣṇacaitanyacaritāmṛtam)
- Chaitanya Charitamrita Mahakavya (Kavi Karnapura) · 1542
- Chaitanya Chandrodaya (Kavi Karnapura) · 1572
- Chaitanya Mangala (Lochana Dasa) · 1560
- Chaitanya Mangala (Jayananda) · 1560
- Teachings of Lord Chaitanya (A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami) · 1968
- Chaitanya and His Age (Dinesh Chandra Sen) · 1922
- The Chaitanya Movement (Melville T. Kennedy) · 1925
- The Final Word (Tony K. Stewart) · 2010
Sources
- Rūpa Gosvāmin. The Padyāvalī: An Anthology of Vaiṣṇava Verses in Sanskrit. Ed. crítica de Sushil Kumar De. Dacca: University of Dacca, 1934.
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