Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.9.109, 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 109 of Adi-khanda chapter 9—“Nityananda’s Childhood Pastimes and Travels to Holy Places”.
Verse 1.9.109
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.9.109:
প্রযাগে করিলা মাঘ-মাসে প্রাতঃ-স্নান তবে মথুরায গেলা পূর্ব-জন্ম-স্থান ॥ ১০৯ ॥
प्रयागे करिला माघ-मासे प्रातः-स्नान तबे मथुराय गेला पूर्व-जन्म-स्थान ॥ १०९ ॥
prayāge karilā māgha-māse prātaḥ-snāna tabe mathurāya gelā pūrva-janma-sthāna || 109 ||
prayage karila magha-mase pratah-snana tabe mathuraya gela purva-janma-sthana (109)
English translation:
(109) In the month of Māgha (January-February) the Lord took an early morning bath at Prayāga, then He went to Mathurā, His former birthplace.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The phrase pūrva-janma-sthāna refers to the appearance place in the Dvāpara-yuga pastimes.