Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.2.230, 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 230 of Adi-khanda chapter 2—“The Lord’s Appearance”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.2.230:

আনন্দে ইন্দ্রপুর, মঙ্গল-কোলহাল, সাজ’ সাজ’ বলি’ সাজ’ রে বহুত পুণ্য-ভাগ্যে, চৈতন্য-পরকাশ পাওল নবদ্বীপ-মাঝে রে ॥ ২৩০ ॥

आनन्दे इन्द्रपुर, मङ्गल-कोलहाल, साज’ साज’ बलि’ साज’ रे बहुत पुण्य-भाग्ये, चैतन्य-परकाश पाओल नवद्वीप-माझे रे ॥ २३० ॥

ānande indrapura, maṅgala-kolahāla, sāja’ sāja’ bali’ sāja’ re bahuta puṇya-bhāgye, caitanya-parakāśa pāola navadvīpa-mājhe re || 230 ||

anande indrapura, mangala-kolahala, saja’ saja’ bali’ saja’ re bahuta punya-bhagye, caitanya-parakasa paola navadvipa-majhe re (230)

English translation:

(230) In this way the residents of Amarāvatī are in ecstasy and an auspicious commotion arises as they decorate themselves to go see the Lord. “Due to our great fortune we will see Śrī Caitanya in Navadvīpa.”

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The word indrapura refers to Amarāvatī.

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