Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.9.199, 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 199 of Adi-khanda chapter 9—“Nityananda’s Childhood Pastimes and Travels to Holy Places”.
Verse 1.9.199
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.9.199:
দেখিলেন চতুর্-ব্যূহ-রূপ জগন্নাথ প্রকট পরমানন্দ ভক্ত-বর্গ-সাথ ॥ ১৯৯ ॥
देखिलेन चतुर्-व्यूह-रूप जगन्नाथ प्रकट परमानन्द भक्त-वर्ग-साथ ॥ १९९ ॥
dekhilena catur-vyūha-rūpa jagannātha prakaṭa paramānanda bhakta-varga-sātha || 199 ||
dekhilena catur-vyuha-rupa jagannatha prakata paramananda bhakta-varga-satha (199)
English translation:
(199) He saw Lord Jagannātha as the source of the catur-vyūha—Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna, and Aniruddha—and surrounded by His dear devotees.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word catur-vyūha refers to Śrī Jagannātha, who is the combined form of Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna, and Aniruddha, in other words, Śrī Dvārakādhīśa.
The second line of this verse indicates that Śrī Nandanandana, who is the personification of ecstatic pastimes, has appeared at Nīlācala (Śrī Puruṣottama-kṣetra) along with His servants, who assist in His pastimes.