Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.1.163, 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 163 of Adi-khanda chapter 1—“Summary of Lord Gaura’s Pastimes”.
Verse 1.1.163
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.1.163:
আসিযা রহিলা বিদ্যাবাচস্পতি-ঘরে তবে ত’ আইলা প্রভু কুলিযা-নগরে ॥ ১৬৩ ॥
आसिया रहिला विद्यावाचस्पति-घरे तबे त’ आइला प्रभु कुलिया-नगरे ॥ १६३ ॥
āsiyā rahilā vidyāvācaspati-ghare tabe ta’ āilā prabhu kuliyā-nagare || 163 ||
asiya rahila vidyavacaspati-ghare tabe ta’ aila prabhu kuliya-nagare (163)
English translation:
(163) On the way the Lord happily stays at the house of Vidyā-vācaspati, before going on to Kuliyā.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Vidyā-vācaspati is the son of Maheśvara Viśārada and the brother of Vāsudeva Sārvabhauma. It appears that the village of Vidyānagara was named after him.
The place known as Kuliyā-nagara is now the city of Navadvīpa. Another name for this area is Koladvīpa. It is the fifth of the nine islands of Navadvīpa and is situated on the western side of the Ganges.