Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.5.145, 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 145 of Adi-khanda chapter 5—“Eating the Mendicant Brahmana’s Offerings”.
Verse 1.5.145
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.5.145:
যবে আমি অবতীর্ণ হৈলাঙ গোকুলে সেহ জন্মে তুমি তীর্থ কর’ কুতূহলে ॥ ১৪৫ ॥
यबे आमि अवतीर्ण हैलाङ गोकुले सेह जन्मे तुमि तीर्थ कर’ कुतूहले ॥ १४५ ॥
yabe āmi avatīrṇa hailāṅa gokule seha janme tumi tīrtha kara’ kutūhale || 145 ||
yabe ami avatirna hailana gokule seha janme tumi tirtha kara’ kutuhale (145)
English translation:
(145) “When I appeared in Gokula you also joyfully visited the various holy places.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The phrase tīrtha kara’ means “traveling to the holy places.”