Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.3.27, 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 27 of Adi-khanda chapter 3—“Calculation of the Lord’s Horoscope”.
Verse 1.3.27
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.3.27:
ইহানে বলিবে লোক ‘নবদ্বীপ-চন্দ্র’ এ বালকে জানিহ কেবল পরানন্দ ॥ ২৭ ॥
इहाने बलिबे लोक ‘नवद्वीप-चन्द्र’ ए बालके जानिह केवल परानन्द ॥ २७ ॥
ihāne balibe loka ‘navadvīpa-candra’ e bālake jāniha kevala parānanda || 27 ||
ihane balibe loka ‘navadvipa-candra’ e balake janiha kevala parananda (27)
English translation:
(27) “Yet people will call Him Navadvīpa Candra. Know for certain that this child is the personification of spiritual ecstasy.”
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
People will call this child Navadvīpa Candra, and they will know Him as the embodiment of unalloyed ecstasy.