Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.10.47, 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 47 of Adi-khanda chapter 10—“Marriage with Shri Lakshmipriya”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.10.47:

সেই নবদ্বীপে বৈসে এক সুব্রাহ্মণ বল্লভ-আচার্য নাম—জনকের সম ॥ ৪৭ ॥

सेइ नवद्वीपे वैसे एक सुब्राह्मण वल्लभ-आचार्य नाम—जनकेर सम ॥ ४७ ॥

sei navadvīpe vaise eka subrāhmaṇa vallabha-ācārya nāma—janakera sama || 47 ||

sei navadvipe vaise eka subrahmana vallabha-acarya nama—janakera sama (47)

English translation:

(47) There was one qualified brāhmaṇa in Navadvīpa named Vallabhācārya, who was equal to Janaka Mahārāja.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

In the Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā (44) it is stated: “Janaka, the great King of Mithila, has now appeared as Vallabhācārya. He is also accepted as

Bhīṣmaka, the father of Rukmiṇī. Śrī Jānakī, Rukmiṇī, and Lakṣmī were all his daughters.”

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