Chaitanya Bhagavata

by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.10.38, 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 38 of Adi-khanda chapter 10—“Marriage with Shri Lakshmipriya”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.10.38:

মুকুন্দ-সঞ্জয বড মহা-ভাগ্যবান্ যাঙ্হার আলযে বিদ্যা-বিলাসের স্থান ॥ ৩৮ ॥

मुकुन्द-सञ्जय बड महा-भाग्यवान् याङ्हार आलये विद्या-विलासेर स्थान ॥ ३८ ॥

mukunda-sañjaya baḍa mahā-bhāgyavān yāṅhāra ālaye vidyā-vilāsera sthāna || 38 ||

mukunda-sanjaya bada maha-bhagyavan yanhara alaye vidya-vilasera sthana (38)

English translation:

(38) The Lord opened His school at the house of the most fortunate Mukunda Sañjaya.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Mukunda Sañjaya was a resident of Śrī Navadvīpa and the father of Puruṣottama Sañjaya. In the vast Caṇḍī-maṇḍapa of his house, Nimāi Paṇḍita taught grammar and similar subjects to him, his son, and various other students. In this regard one may see Ādi-khaṇḍa, Chapter 12, verses 72 and 91, Chapter 15, verses 5-7, 32-33, and 70-71, and Madhya-khaṇḍa,

Chapter 1, verses 127-130.

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