Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.6.5, 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 5 of Adi-khanda chapter 6—“The Lord Begins Studying and His Childhood Mischief”.
Verse 1.6.5
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.6.5:
দিন দুই-তিনেতে পঢিলা সর্ব ‘ফলা’ নিরন্তর লিখেন কৃষ্ণের নাম-মালা ॥ ৫ ॥
दिन दुइ-तिनेते पढिला सर्व ‘फला’ निरन्तर लिखेन कृष्णेर नाम-माला ॥ ५ ॥
dina dui-tinete paḍhilā sarva ‘phalā’ nirantara likhena kṛṣṇera nāma-mālā || 5 ||
dina dui-tinete padhila sarva ‘phala’ nirantara likhena krsnera nama-mala (5)
English translation:
(5) Within two or three days the Lord completed His study of the conjunct letters. He then constantly wrote various names of Kṛṣṇa.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
When one letter of the alphabet is joined with another letter, the newly formed letter is called phalā.