Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.12.64, 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 64 of Adi-khanda chapter 12—“The Lord’s Wandering Throughout Navadvipa”.
Verse 1.12.64
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.12.64:
পক্ষ-প্রতিপক্ষ সূত্র-খণ্ডন-স্থাপন বাখানে অশেষ-রূপে শ্রী-শচীনন্দন ॥ ৬৪ ॥
पक्ष-प्रतिपक्ष सूत्र-खण्डन-स्थापन वाखाने अशेष-रूपे श्री-शचीनन्दन ॥ ६४ ॥
pakṣa-pratipakṣa sūtra-khaṇḍana-sthāpana vākhāne aśeṣa-rūpe śrī-śacīnandana || 64 ||
paksa-pratipaksa sutra-khandana-sthapana vakhane asesa-rupe sri-sacinandana (64)
English translation:
(64) Arguments, counter-arguments, establishing and refuting the meaning of a sūtra—these were all explained in various ways by the son of mother Śacī.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Nimāi Paṇḍita explained the scriptures by various methods like debating and counter-debating, properly ascertaining an object, removing faulty conclusions, and establishing faultless conclusions.