Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.1.121, 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 121 of Adi-khanda chapter 1—“Summary of Lord Gaura’s Pastimes”.
Verse 1.1.121
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.1.121:
মধ্য-খণ্ডে, নিত্যানন্দ-সঙ্গে দরশন এক ঠাঞি দুই ভাই করিলা কীর্তন ॥ ১২১ ॥
मध्य-खण्डे, नित्यानन्द-सङ्गे दरशन एक ठाञि दुइ भाइ करिला कीर्तन ॥ १२१ ॥
madhya-khaṇḍe, nityānanda-saṅge daraśana eka ṭhāñi dui bhāi karilā kīrtana || 121 ||
madhya-khande, nityananda-sange darasana eka thani dui bhai karila kirtana (121)
English translation:
(121) In the Madhya-khaṇḍa the Lord meets Nityānanda Prabhu, and the two brothers perform kīrtana together.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
In this verse dui bhāi refers to Gaura-Nityānanda, or Śrī Kṛṣṇa-Balarāma. These two Lords were not born from the same father—Nityānanda was the son of Hāḍu Ojhā, and Gaurasundara was the son of Jagannātha. The relationship of brotherhood between the two is spiritual, not seminal. The Lord first met Nityānanda at Śrī Māyāpur after He returned from Gayā.
Nityānanda’s name as the son of Hāḍu Ojhā is not found. Nityānanda’s name, “Svarūpa,” is simply the brahmacārī title that is given by a Tīrtha sannyāsī.