Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.2.54, 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 54 of Adi-khanda chapter 2—“The Lord’s Appearance”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.2.54:

নবদ্বীপে হৈব প্রভুর অবতার অতএব নবদ্বীপে মিলন সবার ॥ ৫৪ ॥

नवद्वीपे हैब प्रभुर अवतार अतएव नवद्वीपे मिलन सबार ॥ ५४ ॥

navadvīpe haiba prabhura avatāra ataeva navadvīpe milana sabāra || 54 ||

navadvipe haiba prabhura avatara ataeva navadvipe milana sabara (54)

English translation:

(54) Because the Lord would appear in Navadvīpa, the devotees all

gathered together there.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Śrī Navadvīpa is considered the most glorious abode in the entire universe, for on one hand, Śrī Navadvīpa is the birthplace of Śrī Gaurasundara, the personification of love of God, and on the other hand, innumerable associates of the Lord, who are able to purify the entire world, were also present there. Since the wonderful, sweet prema of Vṛndāvana was hidden, the six Gosvāmīs and their followers lived in Śrī Vṛndāvana and broadcast Lord Kṛṣṇa’s eternal pastimes on the order of Śrī Gaurasundara. Similarly, during the time of Śrī Gaurasundara, many devotees came from various places to Śrī Navadvīpa and assisted the Lord in His kīrtana pastimes.

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