Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.9.161, 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 161 of Adi-khanda chapter 9—“Nityananda’s Childhood Pastimes and Travels to Holy Places”.
Verse 1.9.161
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.9.161:
দোঙ্হে মূর্ছা হৈলেন দোঙ্হা-দরশনে কান্দযে ঈশ্বর-পুরী-আদি শিষ্য-গণে ॥ ১৬১ ॥
दोङ्हे मूर्छा हैलेन दोङ्हा-दरशने कान्दये ईश्वर-पुरी-आदि शिष्य-गणे ॥ १६१ ॥
doṅhe mūrchā hailena doṅhā-daraśane kāndaye īśvara-purī-ādi śiṣya-gaṇe || 161 ||
donhe murcha hailena donha-darasane kandaye isvara-puri-adi sisya-gane (161)
English translation:
(161) After they both fell unconscious, the disciples headed by Īśvara Purī all began to cry.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
At the time of Śrī Mādhavendra Purī’s meeting with Śrī Nityānanda
Prabhu, his eternal associate and servant Śrīpāda Īśvara Purī was present. The phrase īśvara-purī-ādi refers to the nine Nidhis, or the nine sannyāsīs, headed by Paramānanda Purī.