Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.9.222, 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 222 of Adi-khanda chapter 9—“Nityananda’s Childhood Pastimes and Travels to Holy Places”.
Verse 1.9.222
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.9.222:
কেহ বোলে,—“নিত্যানন্দ যেন বলরাম” কেহ বোলে,—“চৈতন্যের বড প্রিয-ধাম” ॥ ২২২ ॥
केह बोले,—“नित्यानन्द येन बलराम” केह बोले,—“चैतन्येर बड प्रिय-धाम” ॥ २२२ ॥
keha bole,—“nityānanda yena balarāma” keha bole,—“caitanyera baḍa priya-dhāma” || 222 ||
keha bole,—“nityananda yena balarama” keha bole,—“caitanyera bada priya-dhama” (222)
English translation:
(222) Someone said, “Nityānanda is just like Balarāma.” Another person said, “He is most dear to Śrī Caitanya.”