Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.9.209, 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 209 of Adi-khanda chapter 9—“Nityananda’s Childhood Pastimes and Travels to Holy Places”.
Verse 1.9.209
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.9.209:
এই মানসিক করি’ নিত্যানন্দ-রায মথুরা ছাডিযা নবদ্বীপ নাহি যায ॥ ২০৯ ॥
एइ मानसिक करि’ नित्यानन्द-राय मथुरा छाडिया नवद्वीप नाहि याय ॥ २०९ ॥
ei mānasika kari’ nityānanda-rāya mathurā chāḍiyā navadvīpa nāhi yāya || 209 ||
ei manasika kari’ nityananda-raya mathura chadiya navadvipa nahi yaya (209)
English translation:
(209) Thinking in this way, Lord Nityānanda did not go to Navadvīpa but remained at Mathurā.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word mānasika means “arising from the mind,” “thinking,” “desiring,” “aspiring,” and “wishing.”