Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.2.32, 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 32 of Adi-khanda chapter 2—“The Lord’s Appearance”.
Verse 1.2.32
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.2.32:
নানা-স্থানে ‘অবতীর্ণ’ হৈলা ভক্ত-গণ নবদ্বীপে আসি’ হৈল সবার মিলন ॥ ৩২ ॥
नाना-स्थाने ‘अवतीर्ण’ हैला भक्त-गण नवद्वीपे आसि’ हैल सबार मिलन ॥ ३२ ॥
nānā-sthāne ‘avatīrṇa’ hailā bhakta-gaṇa navadvīpe āsi’ haila sabāra milana || 32 ||
nana-sthane ‘avatirna’ haila bhakta-gana navadvipe asi’ haila sabara milana (32)
English translation:
(32) Although the devotees appeared in different places, they all gathered in Navadvīpa.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The words sabāra milana indicate that the associates of Śrī Gaurasundara appeared in various impure places in order to illuminate and increase the glories of these places, and later they came to the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya in Śrī Navadvīpa and joined His saṅkīrtana movement.