Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.6.49, 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 49 of Adi-khanda chapter 6—“The Lord Begins Studying and His Childhood Mischief”.
Verse 1.6.49
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.6.49:
নদীযার সম্পত্তি বা কে বলিতে পারে? অসঙ্খ্যাত লোক একো ঘাটে স্নান করে ॥ ৪৯ ॥
नदीयार सम्पत्ति वा के बलिते पारे? असङ्ख्यात लोक एको घाटे स्नान करे ॥ ४९ ॥
nadīyāra sampatti vā ke balite pāre? asaṅkhyāta loka eko ghāṭe snāna kare || 49 ||
nadiyara sampatti va ke balite pare? asankhyata loka eko ghate snana kare (49)
English translation:
(49) Who can describe the opulence of Navadvīpa? Innumerable people took bath at one of the bathing ghāṭas.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word sampatti means “wealth,” “opulence,” or “beauty.” The word
asaṅkhyāta means “innumerable.”