Chaitanya Bhagavata

by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.1.158, 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 158 of Adi-khanda chapter 1—“Summary of Lord Gaura’s Pastimes”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.1.158:

শেষ-খণ্ডে, গৌরচন্দ্র গিযা নীলাচলে আপনারে লুকাই’ রহিলা কুতূহলে ॥ ১৫৮ ॥

शेष-खण्डे, गौरचन्द्र गिया नीलाचले आपनारे लुकाइ’ रहिला कुतूहले ॥ १५८ ॥

śeṣa-khaṇḍe, gauracandra giyā nīlācale āpanāre lukāi’ rahilā kutūhale || 158 ||

sesa-khande, gauracandra giya nilacale apanare lukai’ rahila kutuhale (158)

English translation:

(158) In the Antya-khaṇḍa Lord Gauracandra arrives in Nīlācala and hides Himself.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Nīlācala is also called Śrī Kṣetra or Puruṣottama. Sundarācala Mountain is situated near Nīlācala. The word acala means “mountain.”

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