Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.4.42, 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 42 of Adi-khanda chapter 4—“Name-giving Ceremony, Childhood Pastimes, and Thieves Kidnap the Lord”.
Verse 1.4.42
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.4.42:
নীলাম্বর-চক্রবর্তী-আদি বিদ্যাবান্ সর্ব-বন্ধু-গণের হৈল উপস্থান ॥ ৪২ ॥
नीलाम्बर-चक्रवर्ती-आदि विद्यावान् सर्व-बन्धु-गणेर हैल उपस्थान ॥ ४२ ॥
nīlāmbara-cakravartī-ādi vidyāvān sarva-bandhu-gaṇera haila upasthāna || 42 ||
nilambara-cakravarti-adi vidyavan sarva-bandhu-ganera haila upasthana (42)
English translation:
(42) All the learned persons headed by Nīlāmbara Cakravartī as well as all friends and relatives came for the ceremony.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word upasthāna means “present” or “assembled.”