Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.9.236, 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 236 of Adi-khanda chapter 9—“Nityananda’s Childhood Pastimes and Travels to Holy Places”.
Verse 1.9.236
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.9.236:
বৃন্দাবন-আদি করি’ ভ্রমে নিত্যানন্দ যাবত্ না আপনা’ প্রকাশে’ গৌরচন্দ্র ॥ ২৩৬ ॥
वृन्दावन-आदि करि’ भ्रमे नित्यानन्द यावत् ना आपना’ प्रकाशे’ गौरचन्द्र ॥ २३६ ॥
vṛndāvana-ādi kari’ bhrame nityānanda yāvat nā āpanā’ prakāśe’ gauracandra || 236 ||
vrndavana-adi kari’ bhrame nityananda yavat na apana’ prakase’ gauracandra (236)
English translation:
(236) Lord Nityānanda traveled throughout the forests of Vṛndāvana until Lord Gauracandra displayed His opulences.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Until Śrī Gaurasundara displayed His pastimes of distributing His holy names and love of God, Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu was traveling to various holy places like Śrīdhāma Vṛndāvana. Until Śrī Gaurasundara completed His covered scholastic pastimes and began manifesting His most magnanimous pastimes to His intimate devotees, Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu, being afflicted by separation from His Lord, visited holy places throughout India and thus exhibited the pastime of searching for Kṛṣṇa.