Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.8.172, 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 172 of Adi-khanda chapter 8—“The Disappearance of Jagannatha Mishra”.
Verse 1.8.172
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.8.172:
এত বলি’ পুস্তক লৈযা প্রভু করে সরস্বতী-পতি চলিলেন পডিবারে ॥ ১৭২ ॥
एत बलि’ पुस्तक लैया प्रभु करे सरस्वती-पति चलिलेन पडिबारे ॥ १७२ ॥
eta bali’ pustaka laiyā prabhu kare sarasvatī-pati calilena paḍibāre || 172 ||
eta bali’ pustaka laiya prabhu kare sarasvati-pati calilena padibare (172)
English translation:
(172) Saying this, the Lord, who is the husband of the goddess of learning, took His books and went off to school.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word sarasvatī-pati refers to Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the husband of spiritual knowledge or Sarasvatī.