Chaitanya Bhagavata

by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.8.28, 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 28 of Adi-khanda chapter 8—“The Disappearance of Jagannatha Mishra”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.8.28:

বুঝিলেন পুত্রের ইঙ্গিত মিশ্র-বর পুত্র-সঙ্গে গেলা গঙ্গাদাস-দ্বিজ-ঘর ॥ ২৮ ॥

बुझिलेन पुत्रेर इङ्गित मिश्र-वर पुत्र-सङ्गे गेला गङ्गादास-द्विज-घर ॥ २८ ॥

bujhilena putrera iṅgita miśra-vara putra-saṅge gelā gaṅgādāsa-dvija-ghara || 28 ||

bujhilena putrera ingita misra-vara putra-sange gela gangadasa-dvija-ghara (28)

English translation:

(28) Understanding the desire of his son, Jagannātha Miśra took Him to the house of the brāhmaṇa Gaṅgādāsa.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The word iṅgita means “confidential desire,” “hint,” or “gesture.”

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