Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.1.79, 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 79 of Adi-khanda chapter 1—“Summary of Lord Gaura’s Pastimes”.
Verse 1.1.79
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.1.79:
‘দ্বিজ’, ‘বিপ্র’, ‘ব্রাহ্মণ’ যেহেন নাম-ভেদ এই-মত ‘নিত্যানন্দ’, ‘অনন্ত’, বলদেব’ ॥ ৭৯ ॥
‘द्विज’, ‘विप्र’, ‘ब्राह्मण’ येहेन नाम-भेद एइ-मत ‘नित्यानन्द’, ‘अनन्त’, बलदेव’ ॥ ७९ ॥
‘dvija’, ‘vipra’, ‘brāhmaṇa’ yehena nāma-bheda ei-mata ‘nityānanda’, ‘ananta’, baladeva’ || 79 ||
‘dvija’, ‘vipra’, ‘brahmana’ yehena nama-bheda ei-mata ‘nityananda’, ‘ananta’, baladeva’ (79)
English translation:
(79) Just as dvija, vipra, and brāhmaṇa are different names of the same person, Nityānanda, Ananta, and Baladeva are similarly different names of the same Lord.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Just as the words dvija, vipra, and brāhmaṇa are of the same category, Ananta, Baladeva, and Nityānanda are different names for the same personality.